[ovs-dev] OvS port on QNX issue

[Miladin Jovanović]

Hello,
We managed to compile OpenVSwitch to a Blackberry QNX. Idea is to use complete user-space switching in OvS (like it is done for NetBSD, QNX netstack is based on it ). In order for compilation to pass, compile flag __NetBSD__ was needed to be added and some small changes in code :
 - replace #include <sys/types.h>  with #include <sys/types_bsd.h>
 - replace #include <timeval.h>  with #include <sys/times.h>
By following instructions from https://docs.openvswitch.org/en/latest/intro/install/userspace/  we get next error in ovs-vswitchd.log and no bridge device was created.

#/data/tmp/ovs/bin/ovs-vsctl add-br br0

2021-06-08T12:02:38.455Z|03726|ofproto|WARN|unknown datapath type system
2021-06-08T12:02:38.455Z|03727|ofproto|WARN|could not create datapath br0 of unknown type system
2021-06-08T12:02:38.456Z|03728|bridge|ERR|failed to create bridge br0: Address family not supported by protocol family

# /data/tmp/ovs/bin/ovs-vsctl set bridge br0 datapath_type=netdev

2021-06-08T12:02:47.896Z|03730|dpif|WARN|failed to create datapath ovs-netdev: Invalid argument
2021-06-08T12:02:47.896Z|03731|ofproto_dpif|ERR|failed to open datapath of type netdev: Invalid argument
2021-06-08T12:02:47.897Z|03732|ofproto|ERR|failed to open datapath br0: Invalid argument
2021-06-08T12:02:47.898Z|03733|bridge|ERR|failed to create bridge br0: Invalid argument

When trying to turn on device:

# ifconfig br0 up
ifconfig: SIOCGIFFLAGS br0: No such device or address
#

But, it is added in the ovs-db.

# /data/tmp/ovs/bin/ovs-vsctl show
e395c275-c071-4887-adf3-dfe0e8ce5d8d
    Bridge br0
        datapath_type: netdev
        Port br0
            Interface br0
                type: internal
    ovs_version: "2.15.90"
#
Did you maybe test user-space switching on NetBsd (at least I didn't manage to find)?
Did you try to port it on QNX?
Do we need to implement dpif-provider/netdev-provider for QNX in order for OvS to work, or can we reuse existing NetBSD?
If you have any information or hint, I would appreciate if you can share it with us.

Thanks in Advance,

Miladin Jovanovic
Software Engineer
Tel: +381 21 4801 1402
miladin.jovanovic at tttech-auto.com

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