> -----Original Message----- > From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces at dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Monjalon > Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2015 8:44 PM > To: O'Driscoll, Tim > Cc: dev at dpdk.org > Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] DPDK 2.2 roadmap > > 2015-09-09 12:56, O'Driscoll, Tim: > > DCB for i40e &X550: DCB support will be extended to the i40e and X550 NICs. Yes, i40e DCB will be enabled in R2.2.
> > A patch for DCB on X550 is already applied but the release notes part was > forgotten. > > > IPsec Sample App: A sample application will be provided to show how > > the cryptodev library can be used to implement IPsec. This will be > > based on the NetBSD IPsec implementation. > > For each API, it is really interesting to have some unit tests and some > examples to > show how it should be used. However adding an IPsec stack looks to be beyond > the need of an API example. It may be big and difficult to maintain when > updating DPDK. > Why not spawn a new project here: http://dpdk.org/browse/ ? > > > Refactor EAL for Non-PCI Devices: This has been discussed extensively on > > the > mailing list. See the RFCs for Refactor eal driver registration code > (http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2015-September/023257.html) and Remove > pci driver from vdevs > (http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2015-August/023016.html). > > I have the feeling we should think it as an unification work to reduce > differences > between physical and virtual devices handling. > Probably it will have to be continued during 2.3 cycle. > > > Vhost Multi-Queue Support: The vhost-user library will be updated to > > provide > multi-queue support in the host similar to the RSS model so that guest driver > may > allocate multiple rx/tx queues which then may be used to load balance between > cores. See http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2015-August/022758.html for more > details. > > Does it require a patch on Qemu? > > > Config Granularity of RSS for i40e: All RSS hash and filter configurations > > for > IPv4/v6, TCP/UDP, GRE, etc will be implemented for i40e. This includes support > for QinQ and tunneled packets. > > What is missing in i40e RSS/filtering? The fields used for HASH-ing is configured by firmware, some of users want to have a bit more flexibility on selecting packet fields for hashing. > > > I40e 32-bit GRE Keys: Both 24 and 32 bit keys for GRE will be supported for > i40e. > > Could you please give more details? Currently only 24 bits of GRE key will be used for hash/filter calculation, while 32 bits was wanted by some of users. So either 24 or 32 bits can be selected by the users from R2.2. > > > X550 Enhancements: Support VF TSO, more Entries in RSS and per VF RSS, > network overlay support with flow director for X550. > > Could you please give more details on "network overlay support with flow > director"? X550 hardware supports flow director on tunneled packets (VXLAN/NVGRE), these will be enabled from R2.2. Regards, Helin > > Thanks for sharing your plan