From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-pd0-f174.google.com (mail-pd0-f174.google.com [209.85.192.174]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1CE2458EB for ; Thu, 30 Jan 2014 20:31:09 +0100 (CET) Received: by mail-pd0-f174.google.com with SMTP id z10so3356661pdj.5 for ; Thu, 30 Jan 2014 11:32:28 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:content-type:mime-version:subject:from :in-reply-to:date:cc:content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references :to; bh=Oy54xVLGCvvI7dDFCN3JgrJBAylw4wNrlW3sppDUJFU=; b=ChIz+fd0dvqvQjF75Ytw1mj0v2B+nuZRIStya/xTTPtItY+kebYbniSe1sOHqbtSLQ SgwxLcpnQj53UWmGcGie4QX5U+6egLKgCg/SqGX8WsUo6qpb9ivpBW/HV3waE+Ha2Ug+ ctW13i6mc1kxTH8gjLXD9WwPufkdUyA+HAI1PYn/+pE5umEM7V8WNxm65TyPlciMmaXs aa7Kg8nt0/Seh9fz9mzf6Qyvqe5Ba15Q3OV6S1rMLuSw+vP2dlM4k7DFnXBpF5Np5zIU UdcU1NTDb04PFBmspJBwsxbFlBuUSrPO4BRO4ZVuGkn0VK1mVBkB0jBHYRqsMIDUWQu3 RTXg== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQlFt2I+8Zkq9LenilgRQYIW9+aQGvfw1zurI0mJRGyjfZO9qmH4ky0jn9sLwgrA7FNCPqHk X-Received: by 10.66.248.194 with SMTP id yo2mr10360869pac.51.1391110348823; Thu, 30 Jan 2014 11:32:28 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.128.242] ([50.242.95.29]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id vn10sm20078773pbc.21.2014.01.30.11.32.25 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Thu, 30 Jan 2014 11:32:26 -0800 (PST) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 7.1 \(1827\)) From: Daniel Kan In-Reply-To: Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 11:32:23 -0800 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <21607DF1-D798-41C1-B5E7-E9CC6CE53B4C@nyansa.com> References: <886FB96F-B46C-4129-A609-D80E5D1B2B5E@nyansa.com> To: Hamed khanmirza , Daniel Kaminsky , prashant.upadhyaya@aricent.com X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1827) Cc: "dev@dpdk.org" Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] Selecting Linux distribution for DPDK applications: CentOS or Debian X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: patches and discussions about DPDK List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 19:31:10 -0000 Thanks for the all the feedbacks. Ubuntu 12.04 LTS has 3.8.x kernel and = Fedcore 18 has 3.10.x kernel. Both kernels are not compatible with the = vmxnet-usermap driver which supports only up to 3.2.x. virtio-net-pmd = requires kernel 3.8.x and qemu 1.5 for multi-queue support. Since = CentOS=92s kernel is on its own path, I=92m wondering if anyone has any = issue with virtio-net-pmd on CentOS 6.x.=20 Prashant, CentOS is essentially the same as RHEL 6.3 minus the support.=20= Dan On Jan 30, 2014, at 6:06 AM, Hamed khanmirza wrote: > Hi Dan, >=20 > We are also using Debian 7.3, from the DPDK v1.3.1 up to version = 1.5.1r1. > it works completely fine. >=20 > regards, > - Hamed >=20 >=20 > On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 3:40 PM, Daniel Kaminsky < > daniel.kaminsky@infinitelocality.com> wrote: >=20 >> We're using CentOS 6.5 and Ubuntu 12.04 and don't see any issue with = both >> of them. >>=20 >> Regards, >> Daniel Kaminsky >>=20 >>=20 >> On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 12:12 PM, Prashant Upadhyaya < >> prashant.upadhyaya@aricent.com> wrote: >>=20 >>> Hi Dan, >>>=20 >>> Intel DPDK release notes(1.5.2) mention the following tested OS -- >>> * Fedora release 18 >>> * Ubuntu* 12.04 LTS >>> * Wind River* Linux* 5 >>> * Red Hat* Enterprise Linux 6.3 >>> * SUSE Enterprise Linux* 11 SP2 >>>=20 >>> I have personally used Fedora 18 and it works fine for me for >>> virtualization including SRIOV and pass through as well as virtio = with >> KNI >>> backend. >>> So I am tending to stick to Fedora 18. >>>=20 >>> I don't know why is CentOS not tested and mentioned in release = notes. >>>=20 >>> Regards >>> -Prashant >>>=20 >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces@dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Daniel Kan >>> Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2014 2:01 PM >>> To: dev@dpdk.org >>> Subject: [dpdk-dev] Selecting Linux distribution for DPDK = applications: >>> CentOS or Debian >>>=20 >>> I'm deciding between Debian 7.3 (3.2.0 kernel) and CentOS 6.5 = (2.6.32 >>> kernel) for production. I'm wondering if anyone has recommendation. = We >> run >>> the DPDK application in a virtualized environment. Currently, we >> configure >>> NICs in pass-through mode which gives the best performance. In the >> future, >>> we plan to use DPDK with paravirtualized nics (eg. vmxnet3-usermap). >> Thanks. >>>=20 >>> Dan >>>=20 >>>=20 >>>=20 >>>=20 >>>=20 >>>=20 >> = =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D >>> Please refer to http://www.aricent.com/legal/email_disclaimer.html >>> for important disclosures regarding this electronic communication. >>>=20 >>>=20 >> = =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D >>>=20 >>=20