Re: [vpp-dev] #vpp loadbalancer #vpp

2019-06-27 Thread Pierre Pfister (ppfister) via Lists.Fd.Io
Hello, The VPP LB is pretty much an implementation of Maglev (https://ai.google/research/pubs/pub44824). Maglev is the consistent hashing algorithm used to generate the ’new_flow_table’. That table is used when a packet for a flow that is not known by the LB is forwarded. When that happens, th

Re: [vpp-dev] VPP on POWER9

2019-06-27 Thread Dave Barach via Lists.Fd.Io
Looks like I fixed something in the __powerpc64__ code in 2016. You're almost certainly right, it would take a few hours to get to a prompt... Passing traffic would take a respectable amount of work... D -Original Message- From: vpp-dev@lists.fd.io On Behalf Of Damjan Marion via List

Re: [vpp-dev] VPP on POWER9

2019-06-27 Thread Damjan Marion via Lists.Fd.Io
If i remember correctly, there was major foobar with longjump code. Our code is written for older PPC and it doesn’t work ok on Power9. Probably matter of hours to get it fixed... — Damjan > On 27 Jun 2019, at 16:41, Dave Barach via Lists.Fd.Io > wrote: > > It worked a few years ago, at lea

Re: [vpp-dev] VPP on POWER9

2019-06-27 Thread Dave Barach via Lists.Fd.Io
It worked a few years ago, at least up to a certain point. Given how long it's been since anyone tested on a ppc of any kind, one would have to invest a bunch of energy to get back to first base. FWIW... Dave -Original Message- From: vpp-dev@lists.fd.io On Behalf Of Eyle Brinkhuis Sen

[vpp-dev] VPP on POWER9

2019-06-27 Thread Eyle Brinkhuis
Hi, Just out of curiosity: has anyone here tried VPP on POWER9? I’m curious.. Regards, Eyle -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#13386): https://lists.fd.io/g/vpp-dev/message/13386 Mute This Topic: https://lists.fd.io/mt/32231579/2165

[vpp-dev] new make target

2019-06-27 Thread Vratko Polak -X (vrpolak - PANTHEON TECHNOLOGIES at Cisco) via Lists.Fd.Io
I have opened a Jira task [0] for a new improvement request. Its description also hints at current plans for implementation API CRC job, documented in [1]. Vratko. [0] https://jira.fd.io/browse/VPP-1715 [1] https://gerrit.fd.io/r/18356 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Links: You receive all messages se

[vpp-dev] FW: [tsc] RESPONSE NEEDED: LFN Staff Survey of the Community

2019-06-27 Thread Vratko Polak -X (vrpolak - PANTHEON TECHNOLOGIES at Cisco) via Lists.Fd.Io
I associate communities with mailing lists, so forwarding (from TSC list) to the two lists I engage with the most. Vratko. From: t...@lists.fd.io On Behalf Of Brandon Wick Sent: Wednesday, 2019-June-26 04:37 Subject: [tsc] RESPONSE NEEDED: LFN Staff Survey of the Community LFN Community, In or

[vpp-dev] Optimize node functions with Arm SIMD instruction

2019-06-27 Thread Lijian Zhang
Hi, Currently we submitted a patch as below link, to optimize a function of ethernet-input node with Arm SIMD instructions, NEON. Damjan would like us to summarize the details. https://gerrit.fd.io/r/#/c/20273/ The patch follows the conventions in VPP on optimizing with SIMD intrinsics. Wrapper