Re: [dpdk-dev] dev@DPDK Hackathon Proposal

[Thomas F Herbert <therbert@redhat.com>]

On 5/19/15 9:43 AM, Rao, Ravi wrote:
> Hi All,
>     Effort and emphasis has to be made to integrate DPDK into openstack components like neutron and nova so that this becomes part of std openstack release.
> Currently some work was done and published as a patch to devstack's Juno but there are no clear path to incorporate these patches to the mainline. I think this would be a very good topic to cover.
Yes

Also related to this, I would hope to participate in any discussion 
about OVS acceration and vhost/guest access acceleration.
> Regards,
> Ravi
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces@dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Thomas F Herbert
> Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2015 8:37 AM
> To: O'Driscoll, Tim; Butler, Siobhan A; dev@dpdk.org
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] dev@DPDK Hackathon Proposal
>
> On 5/19/15 8:59 AM, O'Driscoll, Tim wrote:
>> There wasn't any public response to this but we did discuss it with several people separately who all thought it was a good idea. Therefore, we've decided to go ahead with it. Siobhan is working on the plan now and should be in a position to make a formal announcement in a few weeks.
>>
>> In the meantime, I wanted to let people know that this is going ahead so that you can:
>> a) Save the date. October 8th/9th, immediately after the European LinuxCon, in Dublin Ireland.
>> b) Think about topics that you'd like to see covered. We'll solicit for inputs when the formal announcement is made, but it's good for people to begin thinking about this now.
>>
> Tim, I for one think it is a good idea. +1 from me.
>> We'd like this to be quite an interactive event with a lot of discussion rather than just presentations. We plan to have many of our key DPDK developers there, so it will be a great opportunity to network, discuss the technical challenges that you're facing and help to build a stronger DPDK community.
>>
>
>>
>> Tim
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces@dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Butler, Siobhan
>>> A
>>> Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2015 7:19 PM
>>> To: dev@dpdk.org
>>> Subject: [dpdk-dev] dev@DPDK Hackathon Proposal
>>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> As a community we have virtually come together from all over the
>>> globe, developing now our third successful open source DPDK version
>>> with DPDK
>>> r2.0 about to release.
>>> It is astounding to comprehend the commitment and enthusiasm you have
>>> all shared to bring DPDK to this point.
>>> With growing the community of developers in mind, and strengthening
>>> the networks and virtual collaborations that have come about, I
>>> propose that we hold the first dev@DPDK Developer Hackathon this year.
>>>
>>> Many people will be travelling to Dublin, Ireland for LinuxCon and
>>> CloudOpen October (5th-7th).
>>> I propose that we hold a hands on 2 day hackathon Thursday October
>>> 8th and Friday October 9th to coincide with this offering, in Dublin.
>>>   From a community perspective is a great opportunity to bring
>>> together the people that make DPDK happen - the developers.
>>>   From a developer perspective it is a great opportunity to be part of
>>> the first gathering, meet some new people, learn something new and
>>> have a lot of fun on the way.
>>>
>>> At this point the agenda is open - so if you see merit in this
>>> proposal please share your interest here so that we can gauge
>>> attendance and gather ideas of what people would like the format to be.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Siobhan
>>> <siobhan.a.butler@intel.com>
>
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