Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] user space vhost driver library

["Xie, Huawei" <huawei.xie@intel.com>]

Hi Franck:
The natural wrapper for vhost library would be like port in OVDK, which you can receive from or send to. In DPDK, we have a vhost example, which demonstrates simple switching functionality between guest virtual machines.

BR
-huawei
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Franck BAUDIN [mailto:Franck.BAUDIN@qosmos.com]
> Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2014 5:23 PM
> To: Xie, Huawei; dev@dpdk.org
> Subject: RE: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] user space vhost driver library
> 
> Hello,
> 
> My understanding is that this is a helper library, but not a PMD driver. Is my
> understanding correct? If so, do you plan to write a vhost PMD driver?
> 
> Regards,
> Franck.
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces@dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Xie, Huawei
> > Sent: vendredi 18 juillet 2014 12:03
> > To: Xie, Huawei; dev@dpdk.org
> > Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] user space vhost driver library
> >
> > Merged two patches in previous patch set into 1.
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces@dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Huawei Xie
> > > Sent: Friday, July 18, 2014 5:56 PM
> > > To: dev@dpdk.org
> > > Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] user space vhost driver library
> > >
> > > This user space vhost library is based off user space vhost example
> > > and aims to provide same API for different vhost implementations. This
> > > implementation includes user space vhost cuse driver, kernel module
> > > for eventfd proxy and vhost enqueue/dequeue functionalities.
> > >
> > > Huawei Xie (1):
> > >   vhost library support to facilitate integration with vswitch.
> > >
> > >  config/common_linuxapp                       |    7 +
> > >  lib/Makefile                                 |    1 +
> > >  lib/librte_vhost/Makefile                    |   48 ++
> > >  lib/librte_vhost/eventfd_link/Makefile       |   39 +
> > >  lib/librte_vhost/eventfd_link/eventfd_link.c |  205 ++++++
> > >  lib/librte_vhost/eventfd_link/eventfd_link.h |   79 ++
> > >  lib/librte_vhost/rte_virtio_net.h            |  192 +++++
> > >  lib/librte_vhost/vhost-net-cdev.c            |  363 ++++++++++
> > >  lib/librte_vhost/vhost-net-cdev.h            |  112 +++
> > >  lib/librte_vhost/vhost_rxtx.c                |  292 ++++++++
> > >  lib/librte_vhost/virtio-net.c                | 1002
> > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > >  11 files changed, 2340 insertions(+)
> > >  create mode 100644 lib/librte_vhost/Makefile  create mode 100644
> > > lib/librte_vhost/eventfd_link/Makefile
> > >  create mode 100644 lib/librte_vhost/eventfd_link/eventfd_link.c
> > >  create mode 100644 lib/librte_vhost/eventfd_link/eventfd_link.h
> > >  create mode 100644 lib/librte_vhost/rte_virtio_net.h  create mode
> > > 100644 lib/librte_vhost/vhost-net-cdev.c  create mode 100644
> > > lib/librte_vhost/vhost-net-cdev.h  create mode 100644
> > > lib/librte_vhost/vhost_rxtx.c  create mode 100644
> > > lib/librte_vhost/virtio-net.c
> > >
> > > --
> > > 1.8.1.4
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