Next meeting: 8th August 16:00 UTC. Minutes of meeting Wed 25th July. Attendees: Flavio, Shahaf, Johann, Aaron, Thomas, Yipeng, Ian, Frikkie, Olga, Tiago, Simon, Sameh, Kevin
======= GENERAL ======= - OVS 2.10 -- Branch created Wednesday 25th -- Release targeted for 13th August -- Feature freeze in place -- Bug fixes only accepted for 2.10 - Discussion about path towards using newer DPDK -- Newer DPDK will be needed for some new features being developed -- (e.g. full hw offload) -- OVS will need changes for newer DPDK API -- Thomas expressed concern that jumping several DPDK releases will mean a lot of OVS change at once -- Requested a branch for working with latest DPDK be provided to ease integration and reduce duplicate work -- Questions about if it would be later merged with master, how maintained etc. ==================== PERFORMANCE/FEATURES ==================== - Multisegment Mbuf -- Will not be part of OVS 2.10 but will be upstreamed post 2.10 branching to allow more testing and input while on master before 2.11 release. - dpif-netdev: Combine CD and DFC patch for datapath refactor -- Upstreamed, part of OVS 2.10 - Ericsson drop packets stats patch -- Patch doesn't apply on master, no reviews to date. -- Work being taken over by Keshav Gupta of ericsson. - Outstanding bug fixes: -- dpif-netdev: Avoid reordering of packets in a batch with same megaflow. --- Reviews/feedback ongoing. -- netdev-dpdk: Fix failure to configure flow control at netdev-init. --- Review/feedback ongoing. - check-dpdk (Aaron): -- having some trouble with background testpmd -- have a rough series almost ready to go upstream ================ HARDWARE OFFLOAD ================ Full offload (Mlx) - Initial stages of work - Planning on using DPDK 18.11 - Some gaps in approach compared with Intel - Being discussed to see how to close the gaps for a common solution - Simon requested invite to meeting On 07/25/2017 02:25 PM, Kevin Traynor wrote: > Hi All, > > The OVS-DPDK public meetings have moved to Wednesday's at the same time. > Everyone is welcome, it's a chance to share status/plans etc. > > It's scheduled for every 2 weeks starting 26th July. Meeting time is > currently @ 4pm UTC. > > You can connect through Bluejeans or through dial in: > > https://bluejeans.com/139318596 > > US: +1.408.740.7256 <sip:0014087407256> > UK: +44.203.608.5256 <sip:00442036085256> > Germany: +49.32.221.091256 <sip:004932221091256> > Ireland: +353.1.697.1256 <sip:0035316971256> > Other numbers at https://www.bluejeans.com/numbers > Meeting ID: 139318596 > > thanks, > Kevin. > _______________________________________________ dev mailing list [email protected] https://mail.openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/ovs-dev
