On Tue, Oct 22, 2019 at 08:02:57PM +0200, Ilya Maximets wrote: > On 22.10.2019 17:44, Ben Pfaff wrote: > > On Tue, Oct 22, 2019 at 06:22:17PM +0200, Ilya Maximets wrote: > > > On 22.10.2019 0:00, Ben Pfaff wrote: > > > > Some users would find it useful to know the particular OVS version that > > > > introduced a feature to the OVS tree kernel module or to the OVS > > > > userspace (DPDK) datapath implementation. This patch updates the FAQ > > > > to include that information. > > > > > > > > This information is primarily gleaned from the top-level NEWS file. > > > > For most of these, I did not verify them by looking carefully through > > > > the history, so some of them may be inaccurate. > > > > > > > > Requested-by: Jianjun Shen <[email protected]> > > > > Signed-off-by: Ben Pfaff <[email protected]> > > > > Acked-by: Aaron Conole <[email protected]> > > > > --- > > > > > > > + sFlow YES 1.0 2.7 > > > > NO > > > > + IPFIX 3.10 1.11 2.7 > > > > YES > > > > + Set action YES 1.0 2.7 > > > > PARTIAL > > > > + NIC Bonding YES 1.0 2.7 > > > > YES > > > > + Multiple VTEPs YES 1.10 2.7 > > > > YES > > > > + Meters 4.15 1.10 2.7 > > > > NO > > > > > > Hi, Ben. > > > Just trying to figure out from where these '2.7's came from for userspace > > > datapath. > > > For example, IIRC, 'NIC bonding' was there before 2.7. > > > Is there something I missed that makes this version so special? > > > > This is really from conflating DPDK with the userspace datapath. 2.7 > > was when the "experimental" tag was removed from DPDK support. If we > > ignore that (since the userspace datapath supported all of these > > basically forever), we might as well just write the same as the kernel > > datapath values there. > > > > Hmm. I see. > > Personally, I have never been a fan of equalization of "DPDK" and "Userspace > datapath". > And never liked words "DPDK datapath" as there is no such datapath in OVS. > > Userspace datapath is agnostic to netdev types, so I'm not sure about versions > we should mention. BTW, there is no DPDK support on BSD in OVS, but userspace > datapath exists and functional. > > BTW2, in this phrase: > + given feature into the included kernel module or the userspace > + (DPDK) datapath, respectively. > DPDK catches my eyes too. > > I'm not sure how to make this right.
I can't argue with that. I send out a v3 that avoids the term "DPDK datapath" and then removes existing uses of the term from the tree. _______________________________________________ dev mailing list [email protected] https://mail.openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/ovs-dev
