Summary

OVS-DPDK offload in into SmartNIC

what is released

components of the release (Akraino new) 

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dependencies of the release (upstream version, patches)

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differences from the previous version

This is the first release.

Upgrade Procedures

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Release Data

Module version changes

N/A

Document Version Changes

N/A

Software Deliverable

Documentation Deliverable

Fixed Issues and Bugs

Enhancements

Functionality changes

New Features

Version change

Deliverable

Known Limitations, Issues and Workarounds

System Limitations

Known Issues

Workarounds

References

Release Notes for the IEC Type 5

Summary

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Dependencies of the release (upstream version, patches)

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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

Upgrade Procedures

N/A

This is the first release.

Release Data

• Enhancement

      N/A

• Version change

      N/A

Deliverable

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

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