Add release note for new networking tools

Including how to use the PPA for offline deployments.

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James Page 2020-05-07 12:18:08 +01:00
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@ -165,6 +165,19 @@ Details on how to deploy Neutron with this feature can be found
in the `NIC hardware offload appendix`_ in the `OpenStack Charms Deployment
Guide`_.
Networking tools for Charms
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
As a result of refactoring the charm codebase responsible for configuration
of SR-IOV VF functions and to support the new OVS hardware offload features
for Mellanox network cards the neutron-openvswitch charm now makes use of
two networking tools (sriov-netplan-shim and mlnx-switchdev-mode) provided
via the `Networking Tools PPA`_.
This PPA can be mirrored for offline deployments - the neutron-openvswitch
charm may be configured to use a mirror for these packages using the
'networking-tools-source' configuration option.
NEW CHARM FEATURE GOES HERE
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@ -402,6 +415,7 @@ Please see the `OpenStack Charm Guide`_ for current information.
.. _Ceph iSCSI Gateway README: https://github.com/openstack-charmers/charm-ceph-iscsi/blob/master/README.md
.. _Nova Train configuration options: https://docs.openstack.org/nova/train/configuration/config.html#quota.count_usage_from_placement
.. _NIC hardware offload appendix: https://docs.openstack.org/project-deploy-guide/charm-deployment-guide/latest/app-hardware-offload.html
.. _Networking Tools PPA: https://launchpad.net/~openstack-charmers/+archive/ubuntu/networking-tools
.. BUGS
.. _LP #1773765: https://bugs.launchpad.net/masakari/+bug/1773765