[dpdk-dev] DPDK 2.2 roadmap

[Thomas F Herbert]

On 9/10/15 8:43 AM, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> 2015-09-09 12:56, O'Driscoll, Tim:
>> DCB for i40e &X550:  DCB support will be extended to the i40e and X550 NICs.
> A patch for DCB on X550 is already applied but the release notes part was forgotten.
>
>> IPsec Sample App:  A sample application will be provided to show how the
>> cryptodev library can be used to implement IPsec. This will be based on
>> the NetBSD IPsec implementation.
> For each API, it is really interesting to have some unit tests and some
> examples to show how it should be used. However adding an IPsec stack looks
> to be beyond the need of an API example. It may be big and difficult to
> maintain when updating DPDK.
> Why not spawn a new project here: http://dpdk.org/browse/ ?
>
>> Refactor EAL for Non-PCI Devices:  This has been discussed extensively on the mailing list. See the RFCs for Refactor eal driver registration code (http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2015-September/023257.html) and Remove pci driver from vdevs (http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2015-August/023016.html).
> I have the feeling we should think it as an unification work to reduce
> differences between physical and virtual devices handling.
> Probably it will have to be continued during 2.3 cycle.
>
>> Vhost Multi-Queue Support:  The vhost-user library will be updated to provide multi-queue support in the host similar to the RSS model so that guest driver may allocate multiple rx/tx queues which then may be used to load balance between cores. See http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2015-August/022758.html for more details.
> Does it require a patch on Qemu?
I believe it requires V6 of the Qemu patch. Changchun or fbl can confirm 
this. Reference to where to acquire the Qemu patch is documented in the 
multiqueue patch here: 
http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2015-August/022758.html
>
>> Config Granularity of RSS for i40e:  All RSS hash and filter configurations for IPv4/v6, TCP/UDP, GRE, etc will be implemented for i40e. This includes support for QinQ and tunneled packets.
> What is missing in i40e RSS/filtering?
>
>> I40e 32-bit GRE Keys:  Both 24 and 32 bit keys for GRE will be supported for i40e.
> Could you please give more details?
>
>> X550 Enhancements:  Support VF TSO, more Entries in RSS and per VF RSS, network overlay support with flow director for X550.
> Could you please give more details on "network overlay support with flow director"?
>
> Thanks for sharing your plan
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> Thomas F Herbert Red Hat