[dpdk-dev] Hyper-v support

[Stephen Hemminger]

On Thu, 01 Dec 2016 12:25:10 +0100
Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com> wrote:

> (fixed the email, sorry)
> 
> 2016-12-01 12:21, Thomas Monjalon:
> > 2016-11-30 14:34, Varun:  
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > I would like to know if the latest DPDK (16.11) supports hyper-v?
> > > 
> > > I couldn't find any conclusive evidence online or in dpdk roadmap. Is it
> > > likely that we see it in 17.05?  
> > 
> > Stephen did a presentation at the last DPDK userspace summit:
> > https://dpdksummit.com/Archive/pdf/2016Userspace/Day01-Session03-StephenHemminger-Userspace2016.pdf
> > 
> > Stephen, please, could you confirm the expected release for Hyper-V support?
> > A patch for the roadmap page would be great:
> > 	http://dpdk.org/dev/roadmap  
> 
> 

Yes, the plan is the same. Since DPDK is moving target, getting merges done has been
a real pain.  The Hyper-V UIO generic driver has just gone into upstream next tree.
Therefore the driver will depend on 4.10 kernel initially.