This commit announces support for DPDK 16.11. No code changes are required, so compaitibilty with DPDK v16.07 is not broken yet. This may change soon however with the addition of subsequent commits that integrate 16.11-only features.
Signed-off-by: Ciara Loftus <ciara.lof...@intel.com> --- .travis/linux-build.sh | 2 +- INSTALL.DPDK-ADVANCED.md | 6 +++--- INSTALL.DPDK.md | 20 ++++++++++---------- NEWS | 1 + 4 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) diff --git a/.travis/linux-build.sh b/.travis/linux-build.sh index 3bcec93..6fe663c 100755 --- a/.travis/linux-build.sh +++ b/.travis/linux-build.sh @@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ fi if [ "$DPDK" ]; then if [ -z "$DPDK_VER" ]; then - DPDK_VER="16.07" + DPDK_VER="16.11" fi install_dpdk $DPDK_VER if [ "$CC" = "clang" ]; then diff --git a/INSTALL.DPDK-ADVANCED.md b/INSTALL.DPDK-ADVANCED.md index f6f0b5b..2ff8243 100644 --- a/INSTALL.DPDK-ADVANCED.md +++ b/INSTALL.DPDK-ADVANCED.md @@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ for DPDK and OVS. For IVSHMEM case, set `export DPDK_TARGET=x86_64-ivshmem-linuxapp-gcc` ``` - export DPDK_DIR=/usr/src/dpdk-16.07 + export DPDK_DIR=/usr/src/dpdk-16.11 export DPDK_BUILD=$DPDK_DIR/$DPDK_TARGET make install T=$DPDK_TARGET DESTDIR=install ``` @@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ For users wanting to do packet forwarding using kernel stack below are the steps cd /usr/src/cmdline_generator wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/netgroup-polito/un-orchestrator/master/orchestrator/compute_controller/plugins/kvm-libvirt/cmdline_generator/cmdline_generator.c wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/netgroup-polito/un-orchestrator/master/orchestrator/compute_controller/plugins/kvm-libvirt/cmdline_generator/Makefile - export RTE_SDK=/usr/src/dpdk-16.07 + export RTE_SDK=/usr/src/dpdk-16.11 export RTE_TARGET=x86_64-ivshmem-linuxapp-gcc make ./build/cmdline_generator -m -p dpdkr0 XXX @@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ For users wanting to do packet forwarding using kernel stack below are the steps mount -t hugetlbfs nodev /dev/hugepages (if not already mounted) # Build the DPDK ring application in the VM - export RTE_SDK=/root/dpdk-16.07 + export RTE_SDK=/root/dpdk-16.11 export RTE_TARGET=x86_64-ivshmem-linuxapp-gcc make diff --git a/INSTALL.DPDK.md b/INSTALL.DPDK.md index 30e9258..2f0ae9a 100644 --- a/INSTALL.DPDK.md +++ b/INSTALL.DPDK.md @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ The DPDK support of Open vSwitch is considered 'experimental'. ### Prerequisites -* Required: DPDK 16.07 +* Required: DPDK 16.11 * Hardware: [DPDK Supported NICs] when physical ports in use ## <a name="build"></a> 2. Building and Installation @@ -42,10 +42,10 @@ advanced install guide [INSTALL.DPDK-ADVANCED.md] ``` cd /usr/src/ - wget http://dpdk.org/browse/dpdk/snapshot/dpdk-16.07.zip - unzip dpdk-16.07.zip + wget http://dpdk.org/browse/dpdk/snapshot/dpdk-16.11.zip + unzip dpdk-16.11.zip - export DPDK_DIR=/usr/src/dpdk-16.07 + export DPDK_DIR=/usr/src/dpdk-16.11 cd $DPDK_DIR ``` @@ -372,9 +372,9 @@ can be found in [Vhost Walkthrough]. ``` cd /root/dpdk/ - wget http://dpdk.org/browse/dpdk/snapshot/dpdk-16.07.zip - unzip dpdk-16.07.zip - export DPDK_DIR=/root/dpdk/dpdk-16.07 + wget http://dpdk.org/browse/dpdk/snapshot/dpdk-16.11.zip + unzip dpdk-16.11.zip + export DPDK_DIR=/root/dpdk/dpdk-16.11 export DPDK_TARGET=x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc export DPDK_BUILD=$DPDK_DIR/$DPDK_TARGET cd $DPDK_DIR @@ -530,7 +530,7 @@ can be found in [Vhost Walkthrough]. </disk> <disk type='dir' device='disk'> <driver name='qemu' type='fat'/> - <source dir='/usr/src/dpdk-16.07'/> + <source dir='/usr/src/dpdk-16.11'/> <target dev='vdb' bus='virtio'/> <readonly/> </disk> @@ -599,9 +599,9 @@ can be found in [Vhost Walkthrough]. DPDK. It is recommended that users update Network Interface firmware to match what has been validated for the DPDK release. - For DPDK 16.07, the list of validated firmware versions can be found at: + For DPDK 16.11, the list of validated firmware versions can be found at: - http://dpdk.org/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16.07.html + http://dpdk.org/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16.11.html Bug Reporting: diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 9b6fa35..ab74fcd 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ Post-v2.6.0 - DPDK: * New option 'n_rxq_desc' and 'n_txq_desc' fields for DPDK interfaces which set the number of rx and tx descriptors to use for the given port. + * Support for DPDK v16.11. v2.6.0 - 27 Sep 2016 --------------------- -- 2.4.3 _______________________________________________ dev mailing list dev@openvswitch.org http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/dev