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

[Dor Laor <dor-RmZWMc9puTNJc61us3aD9laTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>]

On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 11:04 PM, Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon-pdR9zngts4EAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org
> wrote:
>
> 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.
>

Thanks, it will definetly ease the porting


>
> > 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
>