This commit announces support for DPDK 16.11. Compaitibilty with DPDK
v16.07 is not broken yet thanks to no code changes being needed for the
upgrade. 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>
---
v6:
* Enable indirect desc for vHost again as a fix was included in rc2 &
update commit message.
v2:
* Disable indirect desc for vHost & update commit message
---
.travis/linux-build.sh | 2 +-
INSTALL.DPDK-ADVANCED.md | 6 +++---
INSTALL.DPDK.rst | 18 +++++++++---------
NEWS | 1 +
4 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 13 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 0d6bcfa..c2a8497 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.rst b/INSTALL.DPDK.rst
index b917828..b6a9eb6 100644
--- a/INSTALL.DPDK.rst
+++ b/INSTALL.DPDK.rst
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ Build requirements
In addition to the requirements described in the `installation guide
<INSTALL.rst>`__, building Open vSwitch with DPDK will require the following:
-- DPDK 16.07
+- DPDK 16.11
- A `DPDK supported NIC`_
@@ -69,9 +69,9 @@ DPDK
1. Download the `DPDK sources`_, extract the file and set ``DPDK_DIR``:::
$ cd /usr/src/
- $ wget http://dpdk.org/browse/dpdk/snapshot/dpdk-16.07.zip
- $ unzip dpdk-16.07.zip
- $ export DPDK_DIR=/usr/src/dpdk-16.07
+ $ wget http://dpdk.org/browse/dpdk/snapshot/dpdk-16.11.zip
+ $ unzip dpdk-16.11.zip
+ $ export DPDK_DIR=/usr/src/dpdk-16.11
$ cd $DPDK_DIR
2. Configure and install DPDK
@@ -363,9 +363,9 @@ To being, instantiate the guest:::
Download the DPDK sourcs to VM and build DPDK:::
$ 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
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ configuration for a 'demovm' guest that can be instantiated
using `virsh`:::
</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>
@@ -596,7 +596,7 @@ Limitations
The latest list of validated firmware versions can be found in the `DPDK
release notes`_.
-.. _DPDK release notes: http://dpdk.org/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16.07.html
+.. _DPDK release notes: http://dpdk.org/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16.11.html
Bug Reporting
-------------
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index d07ec45..037bcda 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.
- Fedora packaging:
* A package upgrade does not automatically restart OVS service.
--
2.4.3
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