Re: DPDK on OSv (was: RSS for ixgbevf)

[Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon-pdR9zngts4EAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>]

2014-12-15 22:45, Dor Laor:
> On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 10:33 PM, Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon-pdR9zngts4EAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org
> > wrote:
> > Does it mean DPDK is going to be supported in your system (OSv)?
> 
> In general yes. It's premature to ask now since there are components
> that already implemented in OSv and won't be needed (efficient
> producer-consumer, huge pages, etc). We sure like to reuse the driver code,
> it's a pity not to contribute to the same code base. We'll certainly like
> to let unmodified dpdk apps run as well

I'm not familiar with OSv but perhaps it has a sense to do an OSv integration
in DPDK.
We already have directories linuxapp and bsdapp for kernel-specific stuff like
memory management, PCI access, etc.

> Initially we're playing w/ the Linux dpdk on the host and AWS to gain
> familiarity w/ it
> 
> > I've seen it in the OSv roadmap.
> > Could we have more details about how it would be integrated?

-- 
Thomas