diff --git a/FAQ.md b/FAQ.md
index de595c5..cfa5e70 100644
--- a/FAQ.md
+++ b/FAQ.md
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ A: Firstly, you must have a DPDK-enabled version of Open vSwitch.
 
    Finally, it is required that DPDK port names begin with 'dpdk'.
 
-   See [INSTALL.DPDK.md] for more information on enabling and using DPDK with
+   See [INSTALL.DPDK.rst] for more information on enabling and using DPDK with
    Open vSwitch.
 
 ### Q: How do I configure a VLAN as an RSPAN VLAN, that is, enable mirroring of all traffic to that VLAN?
@@ -778,7 +778,7 @@ A: More than likely, you've looped your network.  Probably, eth0 and
      for all the details.
 
      Configuration for DPDK-enabled interfaces is slightly less
-     straightforward: see [INSTALL.DPDK.md].
+     straightforward: see [INSTALL.DPDK.rst].
 
    - Perhaps you don't actually need eth0 and eth1 to be on the
      same bridge.  For example, if you simply want to be able to
@@ -2153,6 +2153,6 @@ http://openvswitch.org/
 [WHY-OVS.md]:WHY-OVS.md
 [INSTALL.rst]:INSTALL.rst
 [OPENFLOW-1.1+.md]:OPENFLOW-1.1+.md
-[INSTALL.DPDK.md]:INSTALL.DPDK.md
+[INSTALL.DPDK.rst]:INSTALL.DPDK.rst
 [Tutorial.md]:tutorial/Tutorial.md
 [release-process.md]:Documentation/release-process.md
diff --git a/INSTALL.DPDK-ADVANCED.md b/INSTALL.DPDK-ADVANCED.md
index cf5023c..0ed4762 100644
--- a/INSTALL.DPDK-ADVANCED.md
+++ b/INSTALL.DPDK-ADVANCED.md
@@ -884,7 +884,7 @@ Please report problems to bugs@openvswitch.org.
 [DPDK Linux GSG]: http://www.dpdk.org/doc/guides/linux_gsg/build_dpdk.html#binding-and-unbinding-network-ports-to-from-the-igb-uioor-vfio-modules
 [DPDK Docs]: http://dpdk.org/doc
 [libvirt]: http://libvirt.org/formatdomain.html
-[Guest VM using libvirt]: INSTALL.DPDK.md#ovstc
-[Vhost walkthrough]: INSTALL.DPDK.md#vhost
-[INSTALL DPDK]: INSTALL.DPDK.md#build
-[INSTALL OVS]: INSTALL.DPDK.md#build
+[Guest VM using libvirt]: INSTALL.DPDK.rst#ovstc
+[Vhost walkthrough]: INSTALL.DPDK.rst#vhost
+[INSTALL DPDK]: INSTALL.DPDK.rst#build
+[INSTALL OVS]: INSTALL.DPDK.rst#build
diff --git a/INSTALL.DPDK.md b/INSTALL.DPDK.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 7eac86c..0000000
--- a/INSTALL.DPDK.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,625 +0,0 @@
-OVS DPDK INSTALL GUIDE
-================================
-
-## Contents
-
-1. [Overview](#overview)
-2. [Building and Installation](#build)
-3. [Setup OVS DPDK datapath](#ovssetup)
-4. [DPDK in the VM](#builddpdk)
-5. [OVS Testcases](#ovstc)
-6. [Limitations ](#ovslimits)
-
-## <a name="overview"></a> 1. Overview
-
-Open vSwitch can use DPDK lib to operate entirely in userspace.
-This file provides information on installation and use of Open vSwitch
-using DPDK datapath.  This version of Open vSwitch should be built manually
-with `configure` and `make`.
-
-The DPDK support of Open vSwitch is considered 'experimental'.
-
-### Prerequisites
-
-* Required: DPDK 16.07
-* Hardware: [DPDK Supported NICs] when physical ports in use
-
-## <a name="build"></a> 2. Building and Installation
-
-### 2.1 Configure & build the Linux kernel
-
-On Linux Distros running kernel version >= 3.0, kernel rebuild is not required
-and only grub cmdline needs to be updated for enabling IOMMU [VFIO support - 3.2].
-For older kernels, check if kernel is built with  UIO, HUGETLBFS, PROC_PAGE_MONITOR,
-HPET, HPET_MMAP support.
-
-Detailed system requirements can be found at [DPDK requirements] and also refer to
-advanced install guide [INSTALL.DPDK-ADVANCED.md]
-
-### 2.2 Install DPDK
-  1. [Download DPDK] and extract the file, for example in to /usr/src
-     and set DPDK_DIR
-
-     ```
-     cd /usr/src/
-     wget http://dpdk.org/browse/dpdk/snapshot/dpdk-16.07.zip
-     unzip dpdk-16.07.zip
-
-     export DPDK_DIR=/usr/src/dpdk-16.07
-     cd $DPDK_DIR
-     ```
-
-  2. Configure and Install DPDK
-
-     Build and install the DPDK library.
-
-     ```
-     export DPDK_TARGET=x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc
-     export DPDK_BUILD=$DPDK_DIR/$DPDK_TARGET
-     make install T=$DPDK_TARGET DESTDIR=install
-     ```
-
-     Note: For IVSHMEM, Set `export DPDK_TARGET=x86_64-ivshmem-linuxapp-gcc`
-
-### 2.3 Install OVS
-  OVS can be installed using different methods. For OVS to use DPDK datapath,
-  it has to be configured with DPDK support and is done by './configure --with-dpdk'.
-  This section focus on generic recipe that suits most cases and for distribution
-  specific instructions, refer [INSTALL.Fedora.md], [INSTALL.RHEL.md] and
-  [INSTALL.Debian.md].
-
-  The OVS sources can be downloaded in different ways and skip this section
-  if already having the correct sources. Otherwise download the correct version using
-  one of the below suggested methods and follow the documentation of that specific
-  version.
-
-  - OVS stable releases can be downloaded in compressed format from [Download OVS]
-
-     ```
-     cd /usr/src
-     wget http://openvswitch.org/releases/openvswitch-<version>.tar.gz
-     tar -zxvf openvswitch-<version>.tar.gz
-     export OVS_DIR=/usr/src/openvswitch-<version>
-     ```
-
-  - OVS current development can be clone using 'git' tool
-
-     ```
-     cd /usr/src/
-     git clone https://github.com/openvswitch/ovs.git
-     export OVS_DIR=/usr/src/ovs
-     ```
-
-  - Install OVS dependencies
-
-     GNU make, GCC 4.x (or) Clang 3.4, libnuma (Mandatory)
-     libssl, libcap-ng, Python 2.7 (Optional)
-     More information can be found at [Build Requirements]
-
-  - Configure, Install OVS
-
-     ```
-     cd $OVS_DIR
-     ./boot.sh
-     ./configure --with-dpdk=$DPDK_BUILD
-     make install
-     ```
-
-     Note: Passing DPDK_BUILD can be skipped if DPDK library is installed in
-     standard locations i.e `./configure --with-dpdk` should suffice.
-
-  Additional information can be found in [INSTALL.rst].
-
-## <a name="ovssetup"></a> 3. Setup OVS with DPDK datapath
-
-### 3.1 Setup Hugepages
-
-  Allocate and mount 2M Huge pages:
-
-  - For persistent allocation of huge pages, write to hugepages.conf file
-    in /etc/sysctl.d
-
-    `echo 'vm.nr_hugepages=2048' > /etc/sysctl.d/hugepages.conf`
-
-  - For run-time allocation of huge pages
-
-    `sysctl -w vm.nr_hugepages=N` where N = No. of 2M huge pages allocated
-
-  - To verify hugepage configuration
-
-    `grep HugePages_ /proc/meminfo`
-
-  - Mount hugepages
-
-    `mount -t hugetlbfs none /dev/hugepages`
-
-    Note: Mount hugepages if not already mounted by default.
-
-### 3.2 Setup DPDK devices using VFIO
-
-  - Supported with kernel version >= 3.6
-  - VFIO needs support from BIOS and kernel.
-  - BIOS changes:
-
-    Enable VT-d, can be verified from `dmesg | grep -e DMAR -e IOMMU` output
-
-  - GRUB bootline:
-
-    Add `iommu=pt intel_iommu=on`, can be verified from `cat /proc/cmdline` output
-
-  - Load modules and bind the NIC to VFIO driver
-
-    ```
-    modprobe vfio-pci
-    sudo /usr/bin/chmod a+x /dev/vfio
-    sudo /usr/bin/chmod 0666 /dev/vfio/*
-    $DPDK_DIR/tools/dpdk-devbind.py --bind=vfio-pci eth1
-    $DPDK_DIR/tools/dpdk-devbind.py --status
-    ```
-
-  Note: If running kernels < 3.6 UIO drivers to be used,
-  please check [DPDK in the VM], DPDK devices using UIO section for the steps.
-
-### 3.3 Setup OVS
-
-  1. DB creation (One time step)
-
-     ```
-     mkdir -p /usr/local/etc/openvswitch
-     mkdir -p /usr/local/var/run/openvswitch
-     rm /usr/local/etc/openvswitch/conf.db
-     ovsdb-tool create /usr/local/etc/openvswitch/conf.db  \
-            /usr/local/share/openvswitch/vswitch.ovsschema
-     ```
-
-  2. Start ovsdb-server
-
-     No SSL support
-
-     ```
-     ovsdb-server --remote=punix:/usr/local/var/run/openvswitch/db.sock \
-         --remote=db:Open_vSwitch,Open_vSwitch,manager_options \
-         --pidfile --detach
-     ```
-
-     SSL support
-
-     ```
-     ovsdb-server --remote=punix:/usr/local/var/run/openvswitch/db.sock \
-         --remote=db:Open_vSwitch,Open_vSwitch,manager_options \
-         --private-key=db:Open_vSwitch,SSL,private_key \
-         --certificate=Open_vSwitch,SSL,certificate \
-         --bootstrap-ca-cert=db:Open_vSwitch,SSL,ca_cert --pidfile --detach
-     ```
-
-  3. Initialize DB (One time step)
-
-     ```
-     ovs-vsctl --no-wait init
-     ```
-
-  4. Start vswitchd
-
-     DPDK configuration arguments can be passed to vswitchd via Open_vSwitch
-     'other_config' column. The important configuration options are listed below.
-     Defaults will be provided for all values not explicitly set. Refer
-     ovs-vswitchd.conf.db(5) for additional information on configuration options.
-
-     * dpdk-init
-     Specifies whether OVS should initialize and support DPDK ports. This is
-     a boolean, and defaults to false.
-
-     * dpdk-lcore-mask
-     Specifies the CPU cores on which dpdk lcore threads should be spawned and
-     expects hex string (eg '0x123').
-
-     * dpdk-socket-mem
-     Comma separated list of memory to pre-allocate from hugepages on specific
-     sockets.
-
-     * dpdk-hugepage-dir
-     Directory where hugetlbfs is mounted
-
-     * vhost-sock-dir
-     Option to set the path to the vhost_user unix socket files.
-
-     NOTE: Changing any of these options requires restarting the ovs-vswitchd
-     application.
-
-     Open vSwitch can be started as normal. DPDK will be initialized as long
-     as the dpdk-init option has been set to 'true'.
-
-     ```
-     export DB_SOCK=/usr/local/var/run/openvswitch/db.sock
-     ovs-vsctl --no-wait set Open_vSwitch . other_config:dpdk-init=true
-     ovs-vswitchd unix:$DB_SOCK --pidfile --detach
-     ```
-
-     If allocated more than one GB hugepage (as for IVSHMEM), set amount and
-     use NUMA node 0 memory. For details on using ivshmem with DPDK, refer to
-     [OVS Testcases].
-
-     ```
-     ovs-vsctl --no-wait set Open_vSwitch . other_config:dpdk-socket-mem="1024,0"
-     ovs-vswitchd unix:$DB_SOCK --pidfile --detach
-     ```
-
-     To better scale the work loads across cores, Multiple pmd threads can be
-     created and pinned to CPU cores by explicity specifying pmd-cpu-mask.
-     eg: To spawn 2 pmd threads and pin them to cores 1, 2
-
-     ```
-     ovs-vsctl set Open_vSwitch . other_config:pmd-cpu-mask=6
-     ```
-
-  5. Create bridge & add DPDK devices
-
-     create a bridge with datapath_type "netdev" in the configuration database
-
-     `ovs-vsctl add-br br0 -- set bridge br0 datapath_type=netdev`
-
-     Now you can add DPDK devices. OVS expects DPDK device names to start with
-     "dpdk" and end with a portid. vswitchd should print (in the log file) the
-     number of dpdk devices found.
-
-     ```
-     ovs-vsctl add-port br0 dpdk0 -- set Interface dpdk0 type=dpdk
-     ovs-vsctl add-port br0 dpdk1 -- set Interface dpdk1 type=dpdk
-     ```
-
-     After the DPDK ports get added to switch, a polling thread continuously polls
-     DPDK devices and consumes 100% of the core as can be checked from 'top' and 'ps' cmds.
-
-     ```
-     top -H
-     ps -eLo pid,psr,comm | grep pmd
-     ```
-
-     Note: creating bonds of DPDK interfaces is slightly different to creating
-     bonds of system interfaces.  For DPDK, the interface type must be explicitly
-     set, for example:
-
-     ```
-     ovs-vsctl add-bond br0 dpdkbond dpdk0 dpdk1 -- set Interface dpdk0 type=dpdk -- set Interface dpdk1 type=dpdk
-     ```
-
-  6. PMD thread statistics
-
-     ```
-     # Check current stats
-       ovs-appctl dpif-netdev/pmd-stats-show
-
-     # Clear previous stats
-       ovs-appctl dpif-netdev/pmd-stats-clear
-     ```
-
-  7. Port/rxq assigment to PMD threads
-
-     ```
-     # Show port/rxq assignment
-       ovs-appctl dpif-netdev/pmd-rxq-show
-     ```
-
-     To change default rxq assignment to pmd threads rxqs may be manually
-     pinned to desired cores using:
-
-     ```
-     ovs-vsctl set Interface <iface> \
-               other_config:pmd-rxq-affinity=<rxq-affinity-list>
-     ```
-     where:
-
-     ```
-     <rxq-affinity-list> ::= NULL | <non-empty-list>
-     <non-empty-list> ::= <affinity-pair> |
-                          <affinity-pair> , <non-empty-list>
-     <affinity-pair> ::= <queue-id> : <core-id>
-     ```
-
-     Example:
-
-     ```
-     ovs-vsctl set interface dpdk0 options:n_rxq=4 \
-               other_config:pmd-rxq-affinity="0:3,1:7,3:8"
-
-     Queue #0 pinned to core 3;
-     Queue #1 pinned to core 7;
-     Queue #2 not pinned.
-     Queue #3 pinned to core 8;
-     ```
-
-     After that PMD threads on cores where RX queues was pinned will become
-     `isolated`. This means that this thread will poll only pinned RX queues.
-
-     WARNING: If there are no `non-isolated` PMD threads, `non-pinned` RX queues
-     will not be polled. Also, if provided `core_id` is not available (ex. this
-     `core_id` not in `pmd-cpu-mask`), RX queue will not be polled by any
-     PMD thread.
-
-     Isolation of PMD threads also can be checked using
-     `ovs-appctl dpif-netdev/pmd-rxq-show` command.
-
-  8. Stop vswitchd & Delete bridge
-
-     ```
-     ovs-appctl -t ovs-vswitchd exit
-     ovs-appctl -t ovsdb-server exit
-     ovs-vsctl del-br br0
-     ```
-
-## <a name="builddpdk"></a> 4. DPDK in the VM
-
-DPDK 'testpmd' application can be run in the Guest VM for high speed
-packet forwarding between vhostuser ports. DPDK and testpmd application
-has to be compiled on the guest VM. Below are the steps for setting up
-the testpmd application in the VM. More information on the vhostuser ports
-can be found in [Vhost Walkthrough].
-
-  * Instantiate the Guest
-
-  ```
-  Qemu version >= 2.2.0
-
-  export VM_NAME=Centos-vm
-  export GUEST_MEM=3072M
-  export QCOW2_IMAGE=/root/CentOS7_x86_64.qcow2
-  export VHOST_SOCK_DIR=/usr/local/var/run/openvswitch
-
-  qemu-system-x86_64 -name $VM_NAME -cpu host -enable-kvm -m $GUEST_MEM -object memory-backend-file,id=mem,size=$GUEST_MEM,mem-path=/dev/hugepages,share=on -numa node,memdev=mem -mem-prealloc -smp sockets=1,cores=2 -drive file=$QCOW2_IMAGE -chardev socket,id=char0,path=$VHOST_SOCK_DIR/dpdkvhostuser0 -netdev type=vhost-user,id=mynet1,chardev=char0,vhostforce -device virtio-net-pci,mac=00:00:00:00:00:01,netdev=mynet1,mrg_rxbuf=off -chardev socket,id=char1,path=$VHOST_SOCK_DIR/dpdkvhostuser1 -netdev type=vhost-user,id=mynet2,chardev=char1,vhostforce -device virtio-net-pci,mac=00:00:00:00:00:02,netdev=mynet2,mrg_rxbuf=off --nographic -snapshot
-  ```
-
-  * Download the DPDK Srcs to VM and build DPDK
-
-  ```
-  cd /root/dpdk/
-  wget http://dpdk.org/browse/dpdk/snapshot/dpdk-16.07.zip
-  unzip dpdk-16.07.zip
-  export DPDK_DIR=/root/dpdk/dpdk-16.07
-  export DPDK_TARGET=x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc
-  export DPDK_BUILD=$DPDK_DIR/$DPDK_TARGET
-  cd $DPDK_DIR
-  make install T=$DPDK_TARGET DESTDIR=install
-  ```
-
-  * Build the test-pmd application
-
-  ```
-  cd app/test-pmd
-  export RTE_SDK=$DPDK_DIR
-  export RTE_TARGET=$DPDK_TARGET
-  make
-  ```
-
-  * Setup Huge pages and DPDK devices using UIO
-
-  ```
-  sysctl vm.nr_hugepages=1024
-  mkdir -p /dev/hugepages
-  mount -t hugetlbfs hugetlbfs /dev/hugepages (only if not already mounted)
-  modprobe uio
-  insmod $DPDK_BUILD/kmod/igb_uio.ko
-  $DPDK_DIR/tools/dpdk-devbind.py --status
-  $DPDK_DIR/tools/dpdk-devbind.py -b igb_uio 00:03.0 00:04.0
-  ```
-
-  vhost ports pci ids can be retrieved using `lspci | grep Ethernet` cmd.
-
-## <a name="ovstc"></a> 5. OVS Testcases
-
-  Below are few testcases and the list of steps to be followed.
-
-### 5.1 PHY-PHY
-
-  The steps (1-5) in 3.3 section will create & initialize DB, start vswitchd and also
-  add DPDK devices to bridge 'br0'.
-
-  1. Add Test flows to forward packets betwen DPDK port 0 and port 1
-
-       ```
-       # Clear current flows
-       ovs-ofctl del-flows br0
-
-       # Add flows between port 1 (dpdk0) to port 2 (dpdk1)
-       ovs-ofctl add-flow br0 in_port=1,action=output:2
-       ovs-ofctl add-flow br0 in_port=2,action=output:1
-       ```
-
-### 5.2 PHY-VM-PHY [VHOST LOOPBACK]
-
-  The steps (1-5) in 3.3 section will create & initialize DB, start vswitchd and also
-  add DPDK devices to bridge 'br0'.
-
-  1. Add dpdkvhostuser ports to bridge 'br0'. More information on the dpdkvhostuser ports
-     can be found in [Vhost Walkthrough].
-
-       ```
-       ovs-vsctl add-port br0 dpdkvhostuser0 -- set Interface dpdkvhostuser0 type=dpdkvhostuser
-       ovs-vsctl add-port br0 dpdkvhostuser1 -- set Interface dpdkvhostuser1 type=dpdkvhostuser
-       ```
-
-  2. Add Test flows to forward packets betwen DPDK devices and VM ports
-
-       ```
-       # Clear current flows
-       ovs-ofctl del-flows br0
-
-       # Add flows
-       ovs-ofctl add-flow br0 in_port=1,action=output:3
-       ovs-ofctl add-flow br0 in_port=3,action=output:1
-       ovs-ofctl add-flow br0 in_port=4,action=output:2
-       ovs-ofctl add-flow br0 in_port=2,action=output:4
-
-       # Dump flows
-       ovs-ofctl dump-flows br0
-       ```
-
-  3. Instantiate Guest VM using Qemu cmdline
-
-       Guest Configuration
-
-       ```
-       | configuration        | values | comments
-       |----------------------|--------|-----------------
-       | qemu version         | 2.2.0  |
-       | qemu thread affinity | core 5 | taskset 0x20
-       | memory               | 4GB    | -
-       | cores                | 2      | -
-       | Qcow2 image          | CentOS7| -
-       | mrg_rxbuf            | off    | -
-       ```
-
-       Instantiate Guest
-
-       ```
-       export VM_NAME=vhost-vm
-       export GUEST_MEM=3072M
-       export QCOW2_IMAGE=/root/CentOS7_x86_64.qcow2
-       export VHOST_SOCK_DIR=/usr/local/var/run/openvswitch
-
-       taskset 0x20 qemu-system-x86_64 -name $VM_NAME -cpu host -enable-kvm -m $GUEST_MEM -object memory-backend-file,id=mem,size=$GUEST_MEM,mem-path=/dev/hugepages,share=on -numa node,memdev=mem -mem-prealloc -smp sockets=1,cores=2 -drive file=$QCOW2_IMAGE -chardev socket,id=char0,path=$VHOST_SOCK_DIR/dpdkvhostuser0 -netdev type=vhost-user,id=mynet1,chardev=char0,vhostforce -device virtio-net-pci,mac=00:00:00:00:00:01,netdev=mynet1,mrg_rxbuf=off -chardev socket,id=char1,path=$VHOST_SOCK_DIR/dpdkvhostuser1 -netdev type=vhost-user,id=mynet2,chardev=char1,vhostforce -device virtio-net-pci,mac=00:00:00:00:00:02,netdev=mynet2,mrg_rxbuf=off --nographic -snapshot
-       ```
-
-  4. Guest VM using libvirt
-
-     The below is a simple xml configuration of 'demovm' guest that can be instantiated
-     using 'virsh'. The guest uses a pair of vhostuser port and boots with 4GB RAM and 2 cores.
-     More information can be found in [Vhost Walkthrough].
-
-       ```
-       <domain type='kvm'>
-         <name>demovm</name>
-         <uuid>4a9b3f53-fa2a-47f3-a757-dd87720d9d1d</uuid>
-         <memory unit='KiB'>4194304</memory>
-         <currentMemory unit='KiB'>4194304</currentMemory>
-         <memoryBacking>
-           <hugepages>
-             <page size='2' unit='M' nodeset='0'/>
-           </hugepages>
-         </memoryBacking>
-         <vcpu placement='static'>2</vcpu>
-         <cputune>
-           <shares>4096</shares>
-           <vcpupin vcpu='0' cpuset='4'/>
-           <vcpupin vcpu='1' cpuset='5'/>
-           <emulatorpin cpuset='4,5'/>
-         </cputune>
-         <os>
-           <type arch='x86_64' machine='pc'>hvm</type>
-           <boot dev='hd'/>
-         </os>
-         <features>
-           <acpi/>
-           <apic/>
-         </features>
-         <cpu mode='host-model'>
-           <model fallback='allow'/>
-           <topology sockets='2' cores='1' threads='1'/>
-           <numa>
-             <cell id='0' cpus='0-1' memory='4194304' unit='KiB' memAccess='shared'/>
-           </numa>
-         </cpu>
-         <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
-         <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
-         <on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
-         <devices>
-           <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-kvm</emulator>
-           <disk type='file' device='disk'>
-             <driver name='qemu' type='qcow2' cache='none'/>
-             <source file='/root/CentOS7_x86_64.qcow2'/>
-             <target dev='vda' bus='virtio'/>
-           </disk>
-           <disk type='dir' device='disk'>
-             <driver name='qemu' type='fat'/>
-             <source dir='/usr/src/dpdk-16.07'/>
-             <target dev='vdb' bus='virtio'/>
-             <readonly/>
-           </disk>
-           <interface type='vhostuser'>
-             <mac address='00:00:00:00:00:01'/>
-             <source type='unix' path='/usr/local/var/run/openvswitch/dpdkvhostuser0' mode='client'/>
-              <model type='virtio'/>
-             <driver queues='2'>
-               <host mrg_rxbuf='off'/>
-             </driver>
-           </interface>
-           <interface type='vhostuser'>
-             <mac address='00:00:00:00:00:02'/>
-             <source type='unix' path='/usr/local/var/run/openvswitch/dpdkvhostuser1' mode='client'/>
-             <model type='virtio'/>
-             <driver queues='2'>
-               <host mrg_rxbuf='off'/>
-             </driver>
-           </interface>
-           <serial type='pty'>
-             <target port='0'/>
-           </serial>
-           <console type='pty'>
-             <target type='serial' port='0'/>
-           </console>
-         </devices>
-       </domain>
-       ```
-
-  5. DPDK Packet forwarding in Guest VM
-
-     To accomplish this, DPDK and testpmd application have to be first compiled
-     on the VM and the steps are listed in [DPDK in the VM].
-
-       * Run test-pmd application
-
-       ```
-       cd $DPDK_DIR/app/test-pmd;
-       ./testpmd -c 0x3 -n 4 --socket-mem 1024 -- --burst=64 -i --txqflags=0xf00 --disable-hw-vlan
-       set fwd mac retry
-       start
-       ```
-
-       * Bind vNIC back to kernel once the test is completed.
-
-       ```
-       $DPDK_DIR/tools/dpdk-devbind.py --bind=virtio-pci 0000:00:03.0
-       $DPDK_DIR/tools/dpdk-devbind.py --bind=virtio-pci 0000:00:04.0
-       ```
-       Note: Appropriate PCI IDs to be passed in above example. The PCI IDs can be
-       retrieved using '$DPDK_DIR/tools/dpdk-devbind.py --status' cmd.
-
-### 5.3 PHY-VM-PHY [IVSHMEM]
-
-  The steps for setup of IVSHMEM are covered in section 5.2(PVP - IVSHMEM)
-  of [OVS Testcases] in ADVANCED install guide.
-
-## <a name="ovslimits"></a> 6. Limitations
-
-  - Currently DPDK ports does not use HW offload functionality.
-  - Network Interface Firmware requirements:
-    Each release of DPDK is validated against a specific firmware version for
-    a supported Network Interface. New firmware versions introduce bug fixes,
-    performance improvements and new functionality that DPDK leverages. The
-    validated firmware versions are available as part of the release notes for
-    DPDK. It is recommended that users update Network Interface firmware to
-    match what has been validated for the DPDK release.
-
-    For DPDK 16.07, the list of validated firmware versions can be found at:
-
-    http://dpdk.org/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16.07.html
-
-
-Bug Reporting:
---------------
-
-Please report problems to bugs@openvswitch.org.
-
-
-[DPDK requirements]: http://dpdk.org/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.html
-[Download DPDK]: http://dpdk.org/browse/dpdk/refs/
-[Download OVS]: http://openvswitch.org/releases/
-[DPDK Supported NICs]: http://dpdk.org/doc/nics
-[Build Requirements]: https://github.com/openvswitch/ovs/blob/master/INSTALL.rst#build-requirements
-[INSTALL.DPDK-ADVANCED.md]: INSTALL.DPDK-ADVANCED.md
-[OVS Testcases]: INSTALL.DPDK-ADVANCED.md#ovstc
-[Vhost Walkthrough]: INSTALL.DPDK-ADVANCED.md#vhost
-[DPDK in the VM]: INSTALL.DPDK.md#builddpdk
-[INSTALL.rst]:INSTALL.rst
-[INSTALL.Fedora.md]:INSTALL.Fedora.md
-[INSTALL.RHEL.md]:INSTALL.RHEL.md
-[INSTALL.Debian.md]:INSTALL.Debian.md
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+..
+      Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+      not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+      a copy of the License at
+
+          http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+      Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+      distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+      WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+      License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+      under the License.
+
+      Convention for heading levels in Open vSwitch documentation:
+
+      =======  Heading 0 (reserved for the title in a document)
+      -------  Heading 1
+      ~~~~~~~  Heading 2
+      +++++++  Heading 3
+      '''''''  Heading 4
+
+      Avoid deeper levels because they do not render well.
+
+======================
+Open vSwitch with DPDK
+======================
+
+This document describes how to build and install Open vSwitch using a DPDK
+datapath. Open vSwitch can use the DPDK library to operate entirely in
+userspace.
+
+.. warning::
+  The DPDK support of Open vSwitch is considered 'experimental'.
+
+Build requirements
+------------------
+
+In addition to the requirements described in the `installation guide
+<INSTALL.rst>`__, building Open vSwitch with DPDK will require the following:
+
+- DPDK 16.07
+
+- A `DPDK supported NIC`_
+
+  Only required when physical ports are in use
+
+- A suitable kernel
+
+  On Linux Distros running kernel version >= 3.0, only `IOMMU` needs to enabled
+  via the grub cmdline, assuming you are using **VFIO**. For older kernels,
+  ensure the kernel is built with ``UIO``, ``HUGETLBFS``,
+  ``PROC_PAGE_MONITOR``, ``HPET``, ``HPET_MMAP`` support. If these are not
+  present, it will be necessary to upgrade your kernel or build a custom kernel
+  with these flags enabled.
+
+Detailed system requirements can be found at `DPDK requirements`_, while more
+detailed install information can be found in the `advanced installation guide
+<../../INSTALL.DPDK-advanced.md>`__.
+
+.. _DPDK supported NIC: http://dpdk.org/doc/nics
+.. _DPDK requirements: http://dpdk.org/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.html
+
+Installing
+----------
+
+DPDK
+~~~~
+
+1. Download the `DPDK sources`_, extract the file and set ``DPDK_DIR``:::
+
+       $ cd /usr/src/
+       $ wget http://dpdk.org/browse/dpdk/snapshot/dpdk-16.07.zip
+       $ unzip dpdk-16.07.zip
+       $ export DPDK_DIR=/usr/src/dpdk-16.07
+       $ cd $DPDK_DIR
+
+2. Configure and install DPDK
+
+   Build and install the DPDK library:::
+
+       $ export DPDK_TARGET=x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc
+       $ export DPDK_BUILD=$DPDK_DIR/$DPDK_TARGET
+       $ make install T=$DPDK_TARGET DESTDIR=install
+
+   If IVSHMEM support is required, use a different target:::
+
+       $ export DPDK_TARGET=x86_64-ivshmem-linuxapp-gcc
+
+.. _DPDK sources: http://dpdk.org/browse/dpdk/refs/
+
+Install OVS
+~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+OVS can be installed using different methods. For OVS to use DPDK datapath, it
+has to be configured with DPDK support (``--with-dpdk``).
+
+.. note::
+  This section focuses on generic recipe that suits most cases. For
+  distribution specific instructions, refer to one of the more relevant guides.
+
+.. _OVS sources: http://openvswitch.org/releases/
+
+1. Ensure the standard OVS requirements, described in the `installation guide
+   <INSTALL.rst>`__, are installed.
+
+2. Bootstrap, if required, as described in the `installation guide
+   <INSTALL.rst>`__.
+
+3. Configure the package using the ``--with-dpdk`` flag:::
+
+       $ ./configure --with-dpdk=$DPDK_BUILD
+
+   where ``DPDK_BUILD`` is the path to the built DPDK library. This can be
+   skipped if DPDK library is installed in its default location.
+
+   .. note::
+     While ``--with-dpdk`` is required, you can pass any other configuration
+     option described in the `installation guide <INSTALL.rst>`__.
+
+4. Build and install OVS, as described in the `installation guide
+   <INSTALL.rst>`__.
+
+Additional information can be found in the `installation guide
+<INSTALL.rst>`__.
+
+Setup
+-----
+
+Setup Hugepages
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Allocate a number of 2M Huge pages:
+
+-  For persistent allocation of huge pages, write to hugepages.conf file
+   in `/etc/sysctl.d`:::
+
+       $ echo 'vm.nr_hugepages=2048' > /etc/sysctl.d/hugepages.conf
+
+-  For run-time allocation of huge pages, use the ``sysctl`` utility:::
+
+       $ sysctl -w vm.nr_hugepages=N  # where N = No. of 2M huge pages
+
+To verify hugepage configuration:::
+
+    $ grep HugePages_ /proc/meminfo
+
+Mount the hugepages, if not already mounted by default:::
+
+    $ mount -t hugetlbfs none /dev/hugepages``
+
+.. _dpdk-vfio:
+
+Setup DPDK devices using VFIO
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+VFIO is prefered to the UIO driver when using recent versions of DPDK. VFIO
+support required support from both the kernel and BIOS. For the former, kernel
+version > 3.6 must be used. For the latter, you must enable VT-d in the BIOS
+and ensure this is configured via grub. To ensure VT-d is enabled via the BIOS,
+run:::
+
+    $ dmesg | grep -e DMAR -e IOMMU
+
+If VT-d is not enabled in the BIOS, enable it now.
+
+To ensure VT-d is enabled in the kernel, run:::
+
+    $ cat /proc/cmdline | grep iommu=pt
+    $ cat /proc/cmdline | grep intel_iommu=on
+
+If VT-d is not enabled in the kernel, enable it now.
+
+Once VT-d is correctly configured, load the required modules and bind the NIC
+to the VFIO driver:::
+
+    $ modprobe vfio-pci
+    $ /usr/bin/chmod a+x /dev/vfio
+    $ /usr/bin/chmod 0666 /dev/vfio/*
+    $ $DPDK_DIR/tools/dpdk-devbind.py --bind=vfio-pci eth1
+    $ $DPDK_DIR/tools/dpdk-devbind.py --status
+
+Setup OVS
+~~~~~~~~~
+
+Open vSwitch should be started as described in the `installation guide
+<INSTALL.rst>`__ with the exception of ovs-vswitchd, which requires some
+special configuration to enable DPDK functionality. DPDK configuration
+arguments can be passed to ovs-vswitchd via the ``other_config`` column of the
+``Open_vSwitch`` table. At a minimum, the ``dpdk-init`` option must be set to
+``true``. For example:::
+
+    $ export DB_SOCK=/usr/local/var/run/openvswitch/db.sock
+    $ ovs-vsctl --no-wait set Open_vSwitch . other_config:dpdk-init=true
+    $ ovs-vswitchd unix:$DB_SOCK --pidfile --detach
+
+There are many other configuration options, the most important of which are
+listed below. Defaults will be provided for all values not explicitly set.
+
+``dpdk-init``
+  Specifies whether OVS should initialize and support DPDK ports. This is a
+  boolean, and defaults to false.
+
+``dpdk-lcore-mask``
+  Specifies the CPU cores on which dpdk lcore threads should be spawned and
+  expects hex string (eg '0x123').
+
+``dpdk-socket-mem``
+  Comma separated list of memory to pre-allocate from hugepages on specific
+  sockets.
+
+``dpdk-hugepage-dir``
+  Directory where hugetlbfs is mounted
+
+``vhost-sock-dir``
+  Option to set the path to the vhost-user unix socket files.
+
+If allocating more than one GB hugepage (as for IVSHMEM), you can configure the
+amount of memory used from any given NUMA nodes. For example, to use 1GB from
+NUMA node 0, run:::
+
+    $ ovs-vsctl --no-wait set Open_vSwitch . \
+        other_config:dpdk-socket-mem="1024,0"
+
+Similarly, if you wish to better scale the workloads across cores, then
+multiple pmd threads can be created and pinned to CPU cores by explicity
+specifying ``pmd-cpu-mask``. For example, to spawn two pmd threads and pin
+them to cores 1,2, run:::
+
+    $ ovs-vsctl set Open_vSwitch . other_config:pmd-cpu-mask=6
+
+For details on using ivshmem with DPDK, refer to `the advanced installation
+guide <../../INSTALL.DPDK-ADVANCED.md>`__.
+
+Refer to ovs-vswitchd.conf.db(5) for additional information on configuration
+options.
+
+.. note::
+  Changing any of these options requires restarting the ovs-vswitchd
+  application
+
+Validating
+----------
+
+Creating bridges and ports
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+You can now use ovs-vsctl to set up bridges and other Open vSwitch features.
+Bridges should be created with a ``datapath_type=netdev``:::
+
+    $ ovs-vsctl add-br br0 -- set bridge br0 datapath_type=netdev
+
+Now you can add DPDK devices. OVS expects DPDK device names to start with
+``dpdk`` and end with a portid. ovs-vswitchd should print the number of dpdk
+devices found in the log file:::
+
+    $ ovs-vsctl add-port br0 dpdk0 -- set Interface dpdk0 type=dpdk
+    $ ovs-vsctl add-port br0 dpdk1 -- set Interface dpdk1 type=dpdk
+
+After the DPDK ports get added to switch, a polling thread continuously polls
+DPDK devices and consumes 100% of the core, as can be checked from 'top' and
+'ps' cmds:::
+
+    $ top -H
+    $ ps -eLo pid,psr,comm | grep pmd
+
+Creating bonds of DPDK interfaces is slightly different to creating bonds of
+system interfaces. For DPDK, the interface type must be explicitly set. For
+example:::
+
+    $ ovs-vsctl add-bond br0 dpdkbond dpdk0 dpdk1 \
+        -- set Interface dpdk0 type=dpdk \
+        -- set Interface dpdk1 type=dpdk
+
+To stop ovs-vswitchd & delete bridge, run:::
+
+    $ ovs-appctl -t ovs-vswitchd exit
+    $ ovs-appctl -t ovsdb-server exit
+    $ ovs-vsctl del-br br0
+
+PMD thread statistics
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+To show current stats:::
+
+    $ ovs-appctl dpif-netdev/pmd-stats-show
+
+To clear previous stats:::
+
+    $ ovs-appctl dpif-netdev/pmd-stats-clear
+
+Port/rxq assigment to PMD threads
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+To show port/rxq assignment:::
+
+    $ ovs-appctl dpif-netdev/pmd-rxq-show
+
+To change default rxq assignment to pmd threads, rxqs may be manually pinned to
+desired cores using:::
+
+    $ ovs-vsctl set Interface <iface> \
+        other_config:pmd-rxq-affinity=<rxq-affinity-list>
+
+where:
+
+- ``<rxq-affinity-list>`` ::= ``NULL`` | ``<non-empty-list>``
+- ``<non-empty-list>`` ::= ``<affinity-pair>`` |
+                           ``<affinity-pair>`` , ``<non-empty-list>``
+- ``<affinity-pair>`` ::= ``<queue-id>`` : ``<core-id>``
+
+For example:::
+
+    $ ovs-vsctl set interface dpdk0 options:n_rxq=4 \
+        other_config:pmd-rxq-affinity="0:3,1:7,3:8"
+
+This will ensure:
+
+- Queue #0 pinned to core 3
+- Queue #1 pinned to core 7
+- Queue #2 not pinned
+- Queue #3 pinned to core 8
+
+After that PMD threads on cores where RX queues was pinned will become
+``isolated``. This means that this thread will poll only pinned RX queues.
+
+.. warning::
+  If there are no ``non-isolated`` PMD threads, ``non-pinned`` RX queues will
+  not be polled. Also, if provided ``core_id`` is not available (ex. this
+  ``core_id`` not in ``pmd-cpu-mask``), RX queue will not be polled by any PMD
+  thread.
+
+.. _dpdk-guest-setup:
+
+DPDK in the VM
+--------------
+
+DPDK 'testpmd' application can be run in the Guest VM for high speed packet
+forwarding between vhostuser ports. DPDK and testpmd application has to be
+compiled on the guest VM. Below are the steps for setting up the testpmd
+application in the VM. More information on the vhostuser ports can be found in
+the `advanced install guide <../../INSTALL.DPDK-ADVANCED.md>`__.
+
+.. note::
+  Support for DPDK in the guest requires QEMU >= 2.2.0.
+
+To being, instantiate the guest:::
+
+    $ export VM_NAME=Centos-vm export GUEST_MEM=3072M
+    $ export QCOW2_IMAGE=/root/CentOS7_x86_64.qcow2
+    $ export VHOST_SOCK_DIR=/usr/local/var/run/openvswitch
+
+    $ qemu-system-x86_64 -name $VM_NAME -cpu host -enable-kvm \
+        -m $GUEST_MEM -drive file=$QCOW2_IMAGE --nographic -snapshot \
+        -numa node,memdev=mem -mem-prealloc -smp sockets=1,cores=2 \
+        -object memory-backend-file,id=mem,size=$GUEST_MEM,mem-path=/dev/hugepages,share=on \
+        -chardev socket,id=char0,path=$VHOST_SOCK_DIR/dpdkvhostuser0 \
+        -netdev type=vhost-user,id=mynet1,chardev=char0,vhostforce \
+        -device virtio-net-pci,mac=00:00:00:00:00:01,netdev=mynet1,mrg_rxbuf=off \
+        -chardev socket,id=char1,path=$VHOST_SOCK_DIR/dpdkvhostuser1 \
+        -netdev type=vhost-user,id=mynet2,chardev=char1,vhostforce \
+        -device virtio-net-pci,mac=00:00:00:00:00:02,netdev=mynet2,mrg_rxbuf=off \
+
+Download the DPDK sourcs to VM and build DPDK:::
+
+    $ cd /root/dpdk/
+    $ wget http://dpdk.org/browse/dpdk/snapshot/dpdk-16.07.zip
+    $ unzip dpdk-16.07.zip
+    $ export DPDK_DIR=/root/dpdk/dpdk-16.07
+    $ export DPDK_TARGET=x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc
+    $ export DPDK_BUILD=$DPDK_DIR/$DPDK_TARGET
+    $ cd $DPDK_DIR
+    $ make install T=$DPDK_TARGET DESTDIR=install
+
+Build the test-pmd application:::
+
+    $ cd app/test-pmd
+    $ export RTE_SDK=$DPDK_DIR
+    $ export RTE_TARGET=$DPDK_TARGET
+    $ make
+
+Setup huge pages and DPDK devices using UIO:::
+
+    $ sysctl vm.nr_hugepages=1024
+    $ mkdir -p /dev/hugepages
+    $ mount -t hugetlbfs hugetlbfs /dev/hugepages  # only if not already mounted
+    $ modprobe uio
+    $ insmod $DPDK_BUILD/kmod/igb_uio.ko
+    $ $DPDK_DIR/tools/dpdk-devbind.py --status
+    $ $DPDK_DIR/tools/dpdk-devbind.py -b igb_uio 00:03.0 00:04.0
+
+.. note::
+
+  vhost ports pci ids can be retrieved using::
+
+      lspci | grep Ethernet
+
+Testing
+-------
+
+Below are few testcases and the list of steps to be followed. Before beginning,
+ensure a userspace bridge has been created and two DPDK ports added:::
+
+    $ ovs-vsctl add-br br0 -- set bridge br0 datapath_type=netdev
+    $ ovs-vsctl add-port br0 dpdk0 -- set Interface dpdk0 type=dpdk
+    $ ovs-vsctl add-port br0 dpdk1 -- set Interface dpdk1 type=dpdk
+
+PHY-PHY
+~~~~~~~
+
+Add test flows to forward packets betwen DPDK port 0 and port 1:::
+
+    # Clear current flows
+    $ ovs-ofctl del-flows br0
+
+    # Add flows between port 1 (dpdk0) to port 2 (dpdk1)
+    $ ovs-ofctl add-flow br0 in_port=1,action=output:2
+    $ ovs-ofctl add-flow br0 in_port=2,action=output:1
+
+Transmit traffic into either port. You should see it returned via the other.
+
+PHY-VM-PHY (vhost loopback)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Add two ``dpdkvhostuser`` ports to bridge ``br0``:::
+
+    $ ovs-vsctl add-port br0 dpdkvhostuser0 \
+        -- set Interface dpdkvhostuser0 type=dpdkvhostuser
+    $ ovs-vsctl add-port br0 dpdkvhostuser1 \
+        -- set Interface dpdkvhostuser1 type=dpdkvhostuser
+
+Add test flows to forward packets betwen DPDK devices and VM ports:::
+
+    # Clear current flows
+    $ ovs-ofctl del-flows br0
+
+    # Add flows
+    $ ovs-ofctl add-flow br0 in_port=1,action=output:3
+    $ ovs-ofctl add-flow br0 in_port=3,action=output:1
+    $ ovs-ofctl add-flow br0 in_port=4,action=output:2
+    $ ovs-ofctl add-flow br0 in_port=2,action=output:4
+
+    # Dump flows
+    $ ovs-ofctl dump-flows br0
+
+Create a VM using the following configuration:
+
++----------------------+--------+-----------------+
+| configuration        | values | comments        |
++----------------------+--------+-----------------+
+| qemu version         | 2.2.0  | n/a             |
+| qemu thread affinity | core 5 | taskset 0x20    |
+| memory               | 4GB    | n/a             |
+| cores                | 2      | n/a             |
+| Qcow2 image          | CentOS7| n/a             |
+| mrg_rxbuf            | off    | n/a             |
++----------------------+--------+-----------------+
+
+You can do this directly with QEMU via the ``qemu-system-x86_64``
+application:::
+
+    $ export VM_NAME=vhost-vm
+    $ export GUEST_MEM=3072M
+    $ export QCOW2_IMAGE=/root/CentOS7_x86_64.qcow2
+    $ export VHOST_SOCK_DIR=/usr/local/var/run/openvswitch
+
+    $ taskset 0x20 qemu-system-x86_64 -name $VM_NAME -cpu host -enable-kvm \
+      -m $GUEST_MEM -drive file=$QCOW2_IMAGE --nographic -snapshot \
+      -numa node,memdev=mem -mem-prealloc -smp sockets=1,cores=2 \
+      -object memory-backend-file,id=mem,size=$GUEST_MEM,mem-path=/dev/hugepages,share=on \
+      -chardev socket,id=char0,path=$VHOST_SOCK_DIR/dpdkvhostuser0 \
+      -netdev type=vhost-user,id=mynet1,chardev=char0,vhostforce \
+      -device virtio-net-pci,mac=00:00:00:00:00:01,netdev=mynet1,mrg_rxbuf=off \
+      -chardev socket,id=char1,path=$VHOST_SOCK_DIR/dpdkvhostuser1 \
+      -netdev type=vhost-user,id=mynet2,chardev=char1,vhostforce \
+      -device virtio-net-pci,mac=00:00:00:00:00:02,netdev=mynet2,mrg_rxbuf=off
+
+Alternatively, you can configure the guest using libvirt. Below is an XML
+configuration for a 'demovm' guest that can be instantiated using `virsh`:::
+
+    <domain type='kvm'>
+      <name>demovm</name>
+      <uuid>4a9b3f53-fa2a-47f3-a757-dd87720d9d1d</uuid>
+      <memory unit='KiB'>4194304</memory>
+      <currentMemory unit='KiB'>4194304</currentMemory>
+      <memoryBacking>
+        <hugepages>
+          <page size='2' unit='M' nodeset='0'/>
+        </hugepages>
+      </memoryBacking>
+      <vcpu placement='static'>2</vcpu>
+      <cputune>
+        <shares>4096</shares>
+        <vcpupin vcpu='0' cpuset='4'/>
+        <vcpupin vcpu='1' cpuset='5'/>
+        <emulatorpin cpuset='4,5'/>
+      </cputune>
+      <os>
+        <type arch='x86_64' machine='pc'>hvm</type>
+        <boot dev='hd'/>
+      </os>
+      <features>
+        <acpi/>
+        <apic/>
+      </features>
+      <cpu mode='host-model'>
+        <model fallback='allow'/>
+        <topology sockets='2' cores='1' threads='1'/>
+        <numa>
+          <cell id='0' cpus='0-1' memory='4194304' unit='KiB' memAccess='shared'/>
+        </numa>
+      </cpu>
+      <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
+      <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
+      <on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
+      <devices>
+        <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-kvm</emulator>
+        <disk type='file' device='disk'>
+          <driver name='qemu' type='qcow2' cache='none'/>
+          <source file='/root/CentOS7_x86_64.qcow2'/>
+          <target dev='vda' bus='virtio'/>
+        </disk>
+        <disk type='dir' device='disk'>
+          <driver name='qemu' type='fat'/>
+          <source dir='/usr/src/dpdk-16.07'/>
+          <target dev='vdb' bus='virtio'/>
+          <readonly/>
+        </disk>
+        <interface type='vhostuser'>
+          <mac address='00:00:00:00:00:01'/>
+          <source type='unix' path='/usr/local/var/run/openvswitch/dpdkvhostuser0' mode='client'/>
+           <model type='virtio'/>
+          <driver queues='2'>
+            <host mrg_rxbuf='off'/>
+          </driver>
+        </interface>
+        <interface type='vhostuser'>
+          <mac address='00:00:00:00:00:02'/>
+          <source type='unix' path='/usr/local/var/run/openvswitch/dpdkvhostuser1' mode='client'/>
+          <model type='virtio'/>
+          <driver queues='2'>
+            <host mrg_rxbuf='off'/>
+          </driver>
+        </interface>
+        <serial type='pty'>
+          <target port='0'/>
+        </serial>
+        <console type='pty'>
+          <target type='serial' port='0'/>
+        </console>
+      </devices>
+    </domain>
+
+Once the guest is configured and booted, configure DPDK packet forwarding
+within the guest. To accomplish this, DPDK and testpmd application have to
+be first compiled on the VM as described in **Guest Setup**. Once compiled, run
+the ``test-pmd`` application:::
+
+    $ cd $DPDK_DIR/app/test-pmd;
+    $ ./testpmd -c 0x3 -n 4 --socket-mem 1024 -- \
+        --burst=64 -i --txqflags=0xf00 --disable-hw-vlan
+    $ set fwd mac retry
+    $ start
+
+When you finish testing, bind the vNICs back to kernel:::
+
+    $ $DPDK_DIR/tools/dpdk-devbind.py --bind=virtio-pci 0000:00:03.0
+    $ $DPDK_DIR/tools/dpdk-devbind.py --bind=virtio-pci 0000:00:04.0
+
+.. note::
+  Appropriate PCI IDs to be passed in above example. The PCI IDs can be
+  retrieved like so:::
+
+      $ $DPDK_DIR/tools/dpdk-devbind.py --status
+
+.. note::
+  More information on the dpdkvhostuser ports can be found in the `advanced
+  installation guide <../../INSTALL.DPDK-ADVANCED.md>`__.
+
+PHY-VM-PHY (IVSHMEM loopback)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Refer to the `advanced installation guide <../../INSTALL.DPDK-ADVANCED.md>`__.
+
+Limitations
+------------
+
+- Currently DPDK ports does not use HW offload functionality.
+- Network Interface Firmware requirements: Each release of DPDK is
+  validated against a specific firmware version for a supported Network
+  Interface. New firmware versions introduce bug fixes, performance
+  improvements and new functionality that DPDK leverages. The validated
+  firmware versions are available as part of the release notes for
+  DPDK. It is recommended that users update Network Interface firmware
+  to match what has been validated for the DPDK release.
+
+  The latest list of validated firmware versions can be found in the `DPDK
+  release notes`_.
+
+.. _DPDK release notes: http://dpdk.org/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16.07.html
diff --git a/INSTALL.rst b/INSTALL.rst
index a159b00..2093d84 100644
--- a/INSTALL.rst
+++ b/INSTALL.rst
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ platform, refer to one of these installation guides:
 - `XenServer <INSTALL.XenServer.md>`__
 - `NetBSD <INSTALL.NetBSD.md>`__
 - `Windows <INSTALL.Windows.md>`__
-- `DPDK <INSTALL.DPDK.md>`__
+- `DPDK <INSTALL.DPDK.rst>`__
 
 .. _general-build-reqs:
 
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 9af439e..f10d552 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ docs = \
 	INSTALL.Debian.md \
 	INSTALL.Docker.md \
 	INSTALL.DPDK-ADVANCED.md \
-	INSTALL.DPDK.md \
+	INSTALL.DPDK.rst \
 	INSTALL.Fedora.md \
 	INSTALL.KVM.md \
 	INSTALL.Libvirt.md \
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0ba452f..2f79833 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ To use Open vSwitch...
 
 - ...without using a kernel module, read [INSTALL.userspace.md].
 
-- ...with DPDK, read [INSTALL.DPDK.md].
+- ...with DPDK, read [INSTALL.DPDK.rst].
 
 - ...with SELinux, read [INSTALL.SELinux.md].
 
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ bugs@openvswitch.org
 [INSTALL.rst]:INSTALL.rst
 [INSTALL.Debian.md]:INSTALL.Debian.md
 [INSTALL.Docker.md]:INSTALL.Docker.md
-[INSTALL.DPDK.md]:INSTALL.DPDK.md
+[INSTALL.DPDK.rst]:INSTALL.DPDK.rst
 [INSTALL.Fedora.md]:INSTALL.Fedora.md
 [INSTALL.KVM.md]:INSTALL.KVM.md
 [INSTALL.Libvirt.md]:INSTALL.Libvirt.md
diff --git a/debian/openvswitch-common.docs b/debian/openvswitch-common.docs
index 11239e3..7c7335e 100644
--- a/debian/openvswitch-common.docs
+++ b/debian/openvswitch-common.docs
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 FAQ.md
-INSTALL.DPDK.md
+INSTALL.DPDK.rst
 README-native-tunneling.md
diff --git a/rhel/openvswitch-fedora.spec.in b/rhel/openvswitch-fedora.spec.in
index eda8767..25aae00 100644
--- a/rhel/openvswitch-fedora.spec.in
+++ b/rhel/openvswitch-fedora.spec.in
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ fi
 %{_mandir}/man8/ovs-parse-backtrace.8*
 %{_mandir}/man8/ovs-testcontroller.8*
 %doc COPYING DESIGN.md INSTALL.SSL.md NOTICE README.md WHY-OVS.md
-%doc FAQ.md NEWS INSTALL.DPDK.md rhel/README.RHEL
+%doc FAQ.md NEWS INSTALL.DPDK.rst rhel/README.RHEL
 /var/lib/openvswitch
 /var/log/openvswitch
 %ghost %attr(755,root,root) %{_rundir}/openvswitch
diff --git a/rhel/openvswitch.spec.in b/rhel/openvswitch.spec.in
index 0ef0b04..c260a00 100644
--- a/rhel/openvswitch.spec.in
+++ b/rhel/openvswitch.spec.in
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ exit 0
 /usr/share/openvswitch/vswitch.ovsschema
 /usr/share/openvswitch/vtep.ovsschema
 %doc COPYING DESIGN.md INSTALL.SSL.md NOTICE README.md WHY-OVS.md FAQ.md NEWS
-%doc INSTALL.DPDK.md rhel/README.RHEL README-native-tunneling.md
+%doc INSTALL.DPDK.rst rhel/README.RHEL README-native-tunneling.md
 /var/lib/openvswitch
 /var/log/openvswitch
 
diff --git a/vswitchd/ovs-vswitchd.8.in b/vswitchd/ovs-vswitchd.8.in
index 65ccfa0..c745dbc 100644
--- a/vswitchd/ovs-vswitchd.8.in
+++ b/vswitchd/ovs-vswitchd.8.in
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ unavailable or unsuccessful.
 .
 .SS "DPDK Options"
 For details on initializing the \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR DPDK datapath,
-refer to INSTALL.DPDK.md or \fBovs\-vswitchd.conf.db\fR(5) for
+refer to INSTALL.DPDK.rst or \fBovs\-vswitchd.conf.db\fR(5) for
 details.
 .SS "Daemon Options"
 .ds DD \
