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

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

On 5/19/15 10:18 AM, Butler, Siobhan A wrote:
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Thomas F Herbert [mailto:therbert@redhat.com]
>> Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2015 3:09 PM
>> To: Rao, Ravi; O'Driscoll, Tim; Butler, Siobhan A; dev@dpdk.org
>> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] dev@DPDK Hackathon Proposal
>>
>>
>>
>> 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
> Thanks Thomas, Ravi - listing both your suggestions.
> Siobhan
Siobhan and Ravi and Tim,
More specifically and listed as a Heirarchy of related topics:
DPDK for Cloud and Hypervisor acceleration
     OpenStack and NFV
         Neutron, OVN
     Open vSwitch data path
         DPDK in Hypervisor/Host Data Path
         DPDK acceleration of host-guest and guest-guest
             Vhost User
             Vhost-cuse, kni, other guest connection paradigms.

>>>
>>> -----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>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Thomas F Herbert
>>> Principal Software Engineer
>>> Red Hat
>>> therbert@redhat.com
>>> Office: 919-301-3295
>>> Mobile: 804-741-2695
>>>
>>
>> --
>> Thomas F Herbert
>> Principal Software Engineer
>> Red Hat
>> therbert@redhat.com
>> Office: 919-301-3295
>> Mobile: 804-741-2695

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Thomas F Herbert
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Red Hat
therbert@redhat.com
Office: 919-301-3295
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