Re: [ovs-dev] [PATCH] rhel: Fix support for root user using DPDK

2018-01-30 Thread Stokes, Ian
> -Original Message- > From: ovs-dev-boun...@openvswitch.org [mailto:ovs-dev- > boun...@openvswitch.org] On Behalf Of Marcos Felipe Schwarz > Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2018 2:42 AM > To: d...@openvswitch.org > Subject: [ovs-dev] [PATCH] rhel: Fix support for root user usi

Re: [ovs-dev] [PATCH] rhel: Fix support for root user using DPDK

2018-01-30 Thread Aaron Conole
Marcos Felipe Schwarz writes: > Since 2.8.0 OVS runs as non-root user on rhel distros, but the current > implementation breaks the ability to run as root with DPDK and as a > consequence there is no way possible to use UIO drivers on kernel 4.0 and > newer [1, 2]. > [1] > http://dpdk.org/browse/d

[ovs-dev] [PATCH] rhel: Fix support for root user using DPDK

2018-01-27 Thread Marcos Felipe Schwarz
Since 2.8.0 OVS runs as non-root user on rhel distros, but the current implementation breaks the ability to run as root with DPDK and as a consequence there is no way possible to use UIO drivers on kernel 4.0 and newer [1, 2]. [1] http://dpdk.org/browse/dpdk/commit/?id=cdc242f260e766bd95a658b5e0686