> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:ovs-dev-
> [email protected]] On Behalf Of Timothy M. Redaelli
> Sent: Tuesday, August 1, 2017 11:37 AM
> To: Weglicki, MichalX <[email protected]>; [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [ovs-dev] [PATCH v4] Update relevant artifacts to add support for
> DPDK 17.05.1.
> 
> On 07/25/2017 02:34 PM, Michal Weglicki wrote:
> > Upgrading to DPDK 17.05.1 stable release adds new
> > significant features relevant to OVS, including,
> > but not limited to:
> > - tun/tap PMD,
> > - VFIO hotplug support,
> > - Generic flow API.
> >
> > Following changes are applied:
> > - netdev-dpdk: Changes required by DPDK API modifications.
> > - doc: Because of DPDK API changes, backward compatibility
> >    with previous DPDK releases will be broken, thus all
> >    relevant documentation entries are updated.
> > - .travis: DPDK version change from 16.11.1 to 17.05.1.
> > - rhel/openvswitch-fedora.spec.in: DPDK version change
> >    from 16.11 to 17.05.1
> >
> > v1->v2: Patch rebase.
> > v2->v3: Fixed wrong formating after v2 patch rebase.
> > v3->v4: Minor documentation changes.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Michal Weglicki <[email protected]>
> > Reviewed-by: Aaron Conole <[email protected]>
> > ---
> >   .travis/linux-build.sh                   |   2 +-
> >   Documentation/faq/releases.rst           |   1 +
> >   Documentation/howto/dpdk.rst             |   6 +-
> >   Documentation/intro/install/dpdk.rst     |  14 +--
> >   Documentation/topics/dpdk/vhost-user.rst |  12 +--
> >   NEWS                                     |   1 +
> >   lib/netdev-dpdk.c                        | 144 
> > +++++++++++++++++++------------
> >   rhel/openvswitch-fedora.spec.in          |   2 +-
> >   tests/dpdk/ring_client.c                 |   6 +-
> >   9 files changed, 114 insertions(+), 74 deletions(-)
> >
> [...]
> > diff --git a/rhel/openvswitch-fedora.spec.in 
> > b/rhel/openvswitch-fedora.spec.in
> > index 3a045d3..2bb7102 100644
> > --- a/rhel/openvswitch-fedora.spec.in
> > +++ b/rhel/openvswitch-fedora.spec.in
> > @@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ BuildRequires: libcap-ng libcap-ng-devel
> >   %endif
> >   %if %{with dpdk}
> >   BuildRequires: libpcap-devel numactl-devel
> > -BuildRequires: dpdk-devel >= 16.11
> > +BuildRequires: dpdk-devel >= 17.05.1
> >   Provides: %{name}-dpdk = %{version}-%{release}
> >   %endif
> >
> 
> 
> Hi,
> on Fedora there is no dpdk-devel 17.05.1 package, the last rawhide
> version is dpdk-devel 17.05 (and usually Fedora doesn't package minor
> releases of dpdk).
> 
> I tried to build openvswitch with the dpdk 17.05 package from rawhide.
> It build and it works (tested with dpdkvhostuserclient) so, unless you
> need a specific fix from 17.05.1, I suggest to change the BuildRequires
> to 17.05 instead of 17.05.1 or the package cannot be built on Fedora,
> unless you are using an additional repository (copr).
Hi,

If I'm not mistaken we moved to 17.05.1 version, because it includes fix for 
'vhost: fix crash on NUMA', which was causing ovs-vswitchd to terminate.
More details here: http://dpdk.org/dev/patchwork/patch/25012/

Regards,
Przemek
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