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Summary
OVS-DPDK offload into SmartNIC
what is released
components of the release (Akraino new)
DPDK version 19.11
Open vSwitch 2.13.90
LINUX Kernel 4.4
SmartNIC BlueField 1
dependencies of the release (upstream version, patches)
N/A
differences from the previous version
This is the first release.
Upgrade Procedures
N/A
Release Data
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Document Version Changes
Software Deliverable
Documentation Deliverable
Fixed Issues and Bugs
Enhancements
Functionality changes
New Features
Version change
Deliverable
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Known Limitations, Issues and Workarounds
System Limitations
Known Issues
Workarounds
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References
Enhancements
Currently, the community version of Open vSwitch does not work well for VXLAN decap/encap offload.
We are going to open-source our implementation of Open vSwitch with VXLAN decap/encap offload on BlueField SmartNIC card.
Functionality changes
N/A
New Features
N/A
Version change
Module version changes
N/A
Document Version Changes
Release Notes for the IEC Type 5
Summary
OVS-DPDK offload in SmartNIC
Dependencies of the release (upstream version, patches)
- OVS-DPDK version 19.11
- LINUX Kernel 4.4
- Differences from previous version: N/A
Upgrade Procedures
N/A
This is the first release.
Release Data
- Enhancement
N/A
- Version change
N/A
Deliverable
Release Software | Version | Link |
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IEC | Version 2.0 | https://gerrit.akraino.org/r/gitweb?p=iec.git;a=tree;f=src/type5_SmartNIC; |
DPDK | V19.11 | |
OVS | v2.13.90 |
https://github.com/bytedance/ovs-dpdk |
Software Deliverable
OVS-DPDK with VXLAN ENCAP/DECAP offload.
Documentation Deliverable
N/A
Fixed Issues and Bugs
N/A
Known Limitations, Issues and
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Workarounds
The OVS code only supports offloading a subset of OpenFlow actions.
The evaluation OpenFlow ruleset for SmartNIC will only contain VXLAN decap/encap actions.
References
N/A