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

["Traynor, Kevin" <kevin.traynor@intel.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces@dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Rao, Ravi
> Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2015 6:07 PM
> To: Czesnowicz, Przemyslaw; Thomas F Herbert; O'Driscoll, Tim; Butler,
> Siobhan A; dev@dpdk.org
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] dev@DPDK Hackathon Proposal
> 
> Hi Przemek/Thomas,
>    Thanks for the info. But when I am using the latest ovs and the DPDK2.0
> the performance I am getting through the ovs switch is far less than non
> dpdk.
> I can send more info if you need.
> I am using dpdkvhost0 and dpdkvhos1 interfaces that are based on vhost_cuse
> to interact with VM. Is there any post that I can refer to see what I may be
> missing ?

Hi - I think this is going off topic for this thread, I suggest switching back to
other thread where I had made some suggestions. This may be better on ovs-discuss
also.

> Currently these are my tasks
> 1. Measure throughput with Just OVS on Host only == completed (600,000 pps)
> *No Flow control
> 2. Measure throughput with OVS+DPDK on Host only == completed (6.4 Mpps)
> 3. Measure throughput on Guest spunup using QEMU with OVS bridge on Host ==
> completed (240,000 pps)
> 4. Measure throughput on Guest spunup using QEMU with OVS DPDK on Host ==
> Having issues with perf just getting 60,000 pps
> 5. Measure throughput on Guest spunup using Openstack with just OVS on
> Compute node == completed (60,000 pps)
> 6. Measure throughput on Guest spunup using Openstack with OVS DPDK on
> Compute node. I can use the info provided by you and see if I can get this
> running ??
> Regards,
> Ravi..
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Czesnowicz, Przemyslaw [mailto:przemyslaw.czesnowicz@intel.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2015 11:09 AM
> To: Rao, Ravi; Thomas F Herbert; O'Driscoll, Tim; Butler, Siobhan A;
> dev@dpdk.org
> Subject: RE: [dpdk-dev] dev@DPDK Hackathon Proposal
> 
> Hi Ravi,
> 
>  Kilo release of Openstack  allows to use ovs-dpdk with vhostuser.
> Nova includes vhost-user vif driver, and for neutron we have a mechanism
> driver and agent in stackforge project :
> https://github.com/stackforge/networking-ovs-dpdk
> 
> The neutron part is hosted on stackforge because of vendor decomposition
> going on in neutron.
> The contains a devstack plugin and instructions on how to setup the node.
> 
> Let me know if you need more information.
> 
> Regards
> Przemek
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces@dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Rao, Ravi
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2015 2:43 PM
> > To: Thomas F Herbert; O'Driscoll, Tim; Butler, Siobhan A; dev@dpdk.org
> > Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] dev@DPDK Hackathon Proposal
> >
> > 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.
> > 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>
> >
> > --
> > Thomas F Herbert
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> > Red Hat
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