[ovs-discuss] SR-IOV support in OVS

[Huimin She]

Yes, you can add a VF port to a bridge the same way as the PF.

From: discuss [mailto:discuss-bounces at openvswitch.org] On Behalf Of Jayanthi Annadurai
Sent: den 20 mars 2014 18:25
To: Jesse Gross
Cc: discuss at openvswitch.org
Subject: Re: [ovs-discuss] SR-IOV support in OVS



On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 6:33 PM, Jesse Gross <jesse at nicira.com<mailto:jesse at nicira.com>> wrote:
On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 4:39 PM, Jayanthi Annadurai <jayanti.a at gmail.com<mailto:jayanti.a at gmail.com>> wrote:
>> Is the support for SR-IOV included in openvswitch v2.0?
>> Can I add an ethernet port which has SR-IOV enabled to ovs bridge?
>The embedded switches in SR-IOV NICs don't provide enough granularity
>to implement OVS's policies, so they can't be controlled in this
>manner.

Is there any other way to control SR-IOV NICs?
I am porting OVS for our NIC which has SR-IOV and switching capability.
>From the porting guide, I learnt that I have to write netdev_provider and
ofproto_provider/dpif_provider. I want to understand that is it possible
to integrate SR-IOV NICs with openvswitch.


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