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This change adds VNIC type vDPA ("vdpa") to the list of supported VNIC types for the OVS and OVN mech drivers. Depends-On: https://review.opendev.org/#/c/760043/ Change-Id: If22aedc147f7e2256f8f8ad3bebb80b6bb2f6d3d
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A new vnic type ``vdpa`` has been added to allow requesting port that
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utilize a vHost-vDPA offload. The ML2/OVS and ML2/OVN mech drivers now
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have support for the vHost-vDPA vnic type. vHost-vDPA is similar to
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vHost-user or kernel vhost offload but utilizes the newly added vDPA bus
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introduced in the Linux 5.7 kernel. vDPA interface can be implemented in
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software or hardware, when implemented in hardware they provide equivalent
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performance to SR-IOV or hardware offloaded OVS while providing two main
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advantages over both SR-IOV and hardware offloaded OVS. Unlike the
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alternatives, vHost-vDPA enables live migration of instance transparently
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and provides a standard virtio-net interface to the guest avoiding the
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need to install vendor specific drivers in the guest.
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