On 7 February 2017 at 12:22, Stokes, Ian <[email protected]> wrote: >> On 6 February 2017 at 09:20, Ian Stokes <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Remove the experimental warning tag in documentation regarding OVS >> > deployed with DPDK. >> > >> > Signed-off-by: Ian Stokes <[email protected]> >> >> <snip> >> >> > diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst >> > index f5cdaa5..afdd9bc 100644 >> > --- a/README.rst >> > +++ b/README.rst >> > @@ -38,9 +38,11 @@ following features: >> > >> > The included Linux kernel module supports Linux 3.10 and up. >> > >> > -Open vSwitch can also operate, at a cost in performance, entirely in >> > userspace, -without assistance from a kernel module. This userspace >> > implementation should -be easier to port than the kernel-based switch. >> It is considered experimental. >> > +Open vSwitch can also operate entirely in userspace without >> > +assistance from a kernel module. This userspace implementation >> > +should be easier to port than the kernel-based switch. OVS in userspace >> can access Linux or DPDK devices. >> > +Note Open vSwitch with Linux devices in userspace is considered >> > +experimental and comes with a cost in performance. >> >> I wonder if we can clarify this last sentence, it appears to be causing >> some confusion about the status of the kernel datapath. > > Do you mean it causes confunsion in terms of performance of kernel space vs > user space?
Not related to performance, but whether kernel datapath is considered experimental or not. > If that’s the case we could change it to > > +Note Open vSwitch with Linux devices in userspace is considered > +experimental and comes with a cost in performance when compared to kernel > space. I think the problem is "Open vSwitch with Linux devices in userspace". This doesn't precisely define usage of the userspace datapath. Perhaps this? Note Open vSwitch with userspace datapath and non-DPDK devices is considered experimental and comes with a cost in performance. _______________________________________________ dev mailing list [email protected] https://mail.openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/ovs-dev
