From patchwork Thu Feb 11 20:16:08 2016 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Aaron Conole X-Patchwork-Id: 582031 Return-Path: X-Original-To: incoming@patchwork.ozlabs.org Delivered-To: patchwork-incoming@bilbo.ozlabs.org Received: from archives.nicira.com (li376-54.members.linode.com [96.126.127.54]) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 817DD140321 for ; Fri, 12 Feb 2016 07:17:04 +1100 (AEDT) Received: from archives.nicira.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by archives.nicira.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id AFC1110BF0; Thu, 11 Feb 2016 12:16:43 -0800 (PST) X-Original-To: dev@openvswitch.org Delivered-To: dev@openvswitch.org Received: from mx3v3.cudamail.com (mx3.cudamail.com [64.34.241.5]) by archives.nicira.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D649A10BED for ; Thu, 11 Feb 2016 12:16:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from bar3.cudamail.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mx3v3.cudamail.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6B7A5163C35 for ; Thu, 11 Feb 2016 13:16:42 -0700 (MST) X-ASG-Debug-ID: 1455221801-03dd7b53eebc270001-byXFYA Received: from mx1-pf2.cudamail.com ([192.168.24.2]) by bar3.cudamail.com with ESMTP id J35nof2NB0DoRMNo (version=TLSv1 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Thu, 11 Feb 2016 13:16:42 -0700 (MST) X-Barracuda-Envelope-From: aconole@redhat.com X-Barracuda-RBL-Trusted-Forwarder: 192.168.24.2 Received: from unknown (HELO mx1.redhat.com) (209.132.183.28) by mx1-pf2.cudamail.com with ESMTPS (DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA encrypted); 11 Feb 2016 20:16:41 -0000 Received-SPF: pass (mx1-pf2.cudamail.com: SPF record at _spf1.redhat.com designates 209.132.183.28 as permitted sender) X-Barracuda-Apparent-Source-IP: 209.132.183.28 X-Barracuda-RBL-IP: 209.132.183.28 Received: from int-mx10.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx10.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.23]) by mx1.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CC8E632B16E; Thu, 11 Feb 2016 20:16:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from aconole-fed23.redhat.com (vpn1-6-21.ams2.redhat.com [10.36.6.21]) by int-mx10.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id u1BKG9uv012394; Thu, 11 Feb 2016 15:16:37 -0500 X-CudaMail-Envelope-Sender: aconole@redhat.com From: Aaron Conole To: dev@openvswitch.org X-CudaMail-Whitelist-To: dev@openvswitch.org X-CudaMail-MID: CM-E2-210076072 X-CudaMail-DTE: 021116 X-CudaMail-Originating-IP: 209.132.183.28 Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2016 15:16:08 -0500 X-ASG-Orig-Subj: [##CM-E2-210076072##][PATCH v9 6/6] NEWS: Announce the DPDK EAL configuration change Message-Id: <1455221768-5766-7-git-send-email-aconole@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <1455221768-5766-1-git-send-email-aconole@redhat.com> References: <1455221768-5766-1-git-send-email-aconole@redhat.com> X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.68 on 10.5.11.23 X-Barracuda-Connect: UNKNOWN[192.168.24.2] X-Barracuda-Start-Time: 1455221801 X-Barracuda-Encrypted: DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA X-Barracuda-URL: https://web.cudamail.com:443/cgi-mod/mark.cgi X-ASG-Whitelist: Header =?UTF-8?B?eFwtY3VkYW1haWxcLXdoaXRlbGlzdFwtdG8=?= X-Virus-Scanned: by bsmtpd at cudamail.com X-Barracuda-BRTS-Status: 1 Cc: Sean K Mooney , Flavio Leitner Subject: [ovs-dev] [PATCH v9 6/6] NEWS: Announce the DPDK EAL configuration change X-BeenThere: dev@openvswitch.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.16 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , MIME-Version: 1.0 Errors-To: dev-bounces@openvswitch.org Sender: "dev" Previous commits have converted dpdk EAL initialization from requiring a ``--dpdk ... --`` command line arguments to using the Open vSwitch database. This change announces that as significant NEWS. Signed-off-by: Aaron Conole Tested-by: RobertX Wojciechowicz Acked-by: Kevin Traynor Acked-by: Panu Matilainen Acked-by: Flavio Leitner --- v6: * Introduced v7->v9: * No change NEWS | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 18fca10..bb8b6d5 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ Post-v2.5.0 - DPDK: * New option "n_rxq" for PMD interfaces. Old 'other_config:n-dpdk-rxqs' is no longer supported. + * The mechanism for configuring DPDK has changed from cli based, to + using the database. + * Some sensible defaults have been introduced for ease of use. - ovs-benchmark: This utility has been removed due to lack of use and bitrot. - ovs-appctl: