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| author | Kevin Traynor <kevin.traynor@intel.com> | 2015-03-05 13:42:04 -0800 |
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| committer | Pravin B Shelar <pshelar@nicira.com> | 2015-03-19 20:26:03 -0700 |
| commit | 58397e6c1e6c0b68a0f3f32ded463df8087021d8 (patch) | |
| tree | 4ec5123e4e81b42928cf995ac11911fb35b9cce1 /vswitchd/ovs-vswitchd.c | |
| parent | 58be9c9fd732b5bdd3d4c2e9b8cc2313f570094d (diff) | |
| download | openvswitch-58397e6c1e6c0b68a0f3f32ded463df8087021d8.tar.gz | |
netdev-dpdk: add dpdk vhost-cuse ports
This patch adds support for a new port type to userspace datapath
called dpdkvhost. This allows KVM (QEMU) to offload the servicing
of virtio-net devices to its associated dpdkvhost port. Instructions
for use are in INSTALL.DPDK.
This has been tested on Intel multi-core platforms and with clients
that have virtio-net interfaces.
Signed-off-by: Ciara Loftus <ciara.loftus@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Kevin Traynor <kevin.traynor@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Maryam Tahhan <maryam.tahhan@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Pravin B Shelar <pshelar@nicira.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'vswitchd/ovs-vswitchd.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | vswitchd/ovs-vswitchd.c | 10 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/vswitchd/ovs-vswitchd.c b/vswitchd/ovs-vswitchd.c index eda4aab21..44d44f043 100644 --- a/vswitchd/ovs-vswitchd.c +++ b/vswitchd/ovs-vswitchd.c @@ -252,11 +252,13 @@ usage(void) daemon_usage(); vlog_usage(); printf("\nDPDK options:\n" - " --dpdk options Initialize DPDK datapath.\n"); + " --dpdk options Initialize DPDK datapath.\n" + " --cuse_dev_name BASENAME override default character device name\n" + " for use with userspace vHost.\n"); printf("\nOther options:\n" - " --unixctl=SOCKET override default control socket name\n" - " -h, --help display this help message\n" - " -V, --version display version information\n"); + " --unixctl=SOCKET override default control socket name\n" + " -h, --help display this help message\n" + " -V, --version display version information\n"); exit(EXIT_SUCCESS); } |