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-rw-r--r--vswitchd/bridge.c1
-rw-r--r--vswitchd/vswitch.xml15
2 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/vswitchd/bridge.c b/vswitchd/bridge.c
index cc7a43b65..8336d7048 100644
--- a/vswitchd/bridge.c
+++ b/vswitchd/bridge.c
@@ -2955,6 +2955,7 @@ bridge_run(void)
cfg = ovsrec_open_vswitch_first(idl);
if (cfg) {
+ netdev_set_flow_api_enabled(&cfg->other_config);
dpdk_init(&cfg->other_config);
}
diff --git a/vswitchd/vswitch.xml b/vswitchd/vswitch.xml
index d219bfd68..0bf986de6 100644
--- a/vswitchd/vswitch.xml
+++ b/vswitchd/vswitch.xml
@@ -178,6 +178,21 @@
<p>
The default is 10000.
</p>
+ </column>
+
+ <column name="other_config" key="hw-offload"
+ type='{"type": "boolean"}'>
+ <p>
+ Set this value to <code>true</code> to enable netdev flow offload.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ The default value is <code>false</code>. Changing this value requires
+ restarting the daemon
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Currently Open vSwitch supports hardware offloading on
+ Linux systems. On other systems, this value is ignored.
+ </p>
</column>
<column name="other_config" key="dpdk-init"