> 2017-03-09 13:15 GMT-08:00 Ian Stokes :
> > DPDK now provides a stable release branch. Modify dpdk docs and travis
> > linux build script to use the DPDK 16.11.1 stable branch to benefit
> > from most recent bug fixes.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Ian Stokes
>
> Thanks for the patch, it looks good to me.
>
> This is for master and branch-2.7, right?
>
Correct, this patch is meant for master and 2.7.
I've created a separate patch for 2.6 branch as there was considerable changes
to documentation layout between 2.6 and 2.7.
> Just one comment, this appears to break the travis build:
>
> https://travis-ci.org/ddiproietto/ovs/jobs/209586728
>
> I guess we need to update the --with-dpdk argument in .travis/linux-
> build.sh
Thanks Daniele, a silly mistake on my part, I've sent a v2 with the fix
https://mail.openvswitch.org/pipermail/ovs-dev/2017-March/329654.html
I sent a v2 of the 2.6 patch also
https://mail.openvswitch.org/pipermail/ovs-dev/2017-March/329655.html
Ian
>
> > ---
> > .travis/linux-build.sh | 10 +-
> > Documentation/faq/releases.rst | 10 +-
> > Documentation/intro/install/dpdk.rst |6 +++---
> > Documentation/topics/dpdk/vhost-user.rst |8
> > 4 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/.travis/linux-build.sh b/.travis/linux-build.sh index
> > 4175d72..06c8422 100755
> > --- a/.travis/linux-build.sh
> > +++ b/.travis/linux-build.sh
> > @@ -52,13 +52,13 @@ function install_kernel() function install_dpdk()
> > {
> > if [ -n "$DPDK_GIT" ]; then
> > -git clone $DPDK_GIT dpdk-$1
> > -cd dpdk-$1
> > -git checkout v$1
> > +git clone $DPDK_GIT dpdk-stable-$1
> > +cd dpdk-stable-$1
> > +git checkout tags/v$1
> > else
> > wget http://fast.dpdk.org/rel/dpdk-$1.tar.gz
> > tar xzvf dpdk-$1.tar.gz > /dev/null
> > -cd dpdk-$1
> > +cd dpdk-stable-$1
> > fi
> > find ./ -type f | xargs sed -i 's/max-inline-insns-single=100/max-
> inline-insns-single=400/'
> > echo 'CONFIG_RTE_BUILD_FPIC=y' >>config/common_linuxapp @@ -80,7
> > +80,7 @@ fi
> >
> > if [ "$DPDK" ]; then
> > if [ -z "$DPDK_VER" ]; then
> > -DPDK_VER="16.11"
> > +DPDK_VER="16.11.1"
> > fi
> > install_dpdk $DPDK_VER
> > if [ "$CC" = "clang" ]; then
> > diff --git a/Documentation/faq/releases.rst
> > b/Documentation/faq/releases.rst index 118c88d..98f5636 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/faq/releases.rst
> > +++ b/Documentation/faq/releases.rst
> > @@ -152,16 +152,16 @@ Q: What DPDK version does each Open vSwitch
> release work with?
> > A: The following table lists the DPDK version against which the
> given
> > versions of Open vSwitch will successfully build.
> >
> > - =
> > + ===
> > Open vSwitch DPDK
> > - =
> > + ===
> > 2.2.x1.6
> > 2.3.x1.6
> > 2.4.x2.0
> > 2.5.x2.2
> > -2.6.x16.07
> > -2.7.x16.11
> > - =
> > +2.6.x16.07.2
> > +2.7.x16.11.1
> > + ===
> >
> > Q: I get an error like this when I configure Open vSwitch::
> >
> > diff --git a/Documentation/intro/install/dpdk.rst
> > b/Documentation/intro/install/dpdk.rst
> > index 3018590..b947bd5 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/intro/install/dpdk.rst
> > +++ b/Documentation/intro/install/dpdk.rst
> > @@ -64,9 +64,9 @@ Install DPDK
> > #. Download the `DPDK sources`_, extract the file and set
> ``DPDK_DIR``::
> >
> > $ cd /usr/src/
> > - $ wget http://fast.dpdk.org/rel/dpdk-16.11.tar.xz
> > - $ tar xf dpdk-16.11.tar.xz
> > - $ export DPDK_DIR=/usr/src/dpdk-16.11
> > + $ wget http://fast.dpdk.org/rel/dpdk-16.11.1.tar.xz
> > + $ tar xf dpdk-16.11.1.tar.xz
> > + $ export DPDK_DIR=/usr/src/dpdk-stable-16.11.1
> > $ cd $DPDK_DIR
> >
> > #. (Optional) Configure DPDK as a shared library diff --git
> > a/Documentation/topics/dpdk/vhost-user.rst
> > b/Documentation/topics/dpdk/vhost-user.rst
> > index 5448bd2..ba22684 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/topics/dpdk/vhost-user.rst
> > +++ b/Documentation/topics/dpdk/vhost-user.rst
> > @@ -278,9 +278,9 @@ To begin, instantiate a guest as described in
> > :ref:`dpdk-vhost-user` or DPDK sources to VM and build DPDK::
> >
> > $ cd /root/dpdk/
> > -$ wget http://fast.dpdk.org/rel/dpdk-16.11.tar.xz
> > -$ tar xf dpdk-16.11.tar.xz
> > -$ export DPDK_DIR=/root/dpdk/dpdk-16.11
> > +$ wget http://fast.dpdk.org/rel/dpdk-16.11.1.tar.xz
> > +$ tar xf dpdk-16.11.1.tar.xz
> > +$ export DPDK_DIR=/root/dpdk/dpdk-stable-16.11.1
> > $ export DPDK_TARGET=x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc
> > $ export DPDK_BUILD=$DPDK_DIR/$DPDK_TARGET
> > $ cd $DPDK_DIR
> > @@ -364,7 +364,7