Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2018 23:37:47 -0400 From: Jordan Caraballo <jordancaraballo87@gmail.com> To: dave@dogwood.com Cc: George Neville-Neil <gnn@neville-neil.com>, FreeBSD Net <freebsd-net@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Status of Vector Packet Processing (VPP) portability into FreeBSD Message-ID: <CABoP_SR42a893rafy-Fia17u_yM1ebXxHBdqwU8Ybte5j4q6Vw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAFnjQbuco0YVmWfCFE1N5=hLFaHydcQERbZtO-Bhjk7AOvtqKw@mail.gmail.com> References: <CABoP_SSfrcnYDi788=9QEgAXLJGJmvRiBEcQTLRe1vwM_s=7cg@mail.gmail.com> <0FF5E1F3-8774-4E02-A9FA-F37022904524@neville-neil.com> <CABoP_SRE5FeWPS6G-AzqDwuHkZUEfgTD8-JxrBfbaY8BVx_v_Q@mail.gmail.com> <5F2F0AAB-B7E5-4461-96D5-EF0BA4B706F3@neville-neil.com> <CAFnjQbuco0YVmWfCFE1N5=hLFaHydcQERbZtO-Bhjk7AOvtqKw@mail.gmail.com>
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David, Thanks for the reply and I concur with your thoughts. You mentioned that you have managed to compile it under FreeBSD; were you able to test if it was working performance wise? If so, do you have any documentation around about your approach so we can maybe start pulling something out and maybe developing some patches? I consider that pursuing this path might be painful, but overall, it should be something that we should start poking around to make it happen. - Jordan El mi=C3=A9., 26 sept. 2018 a las 18:51, David Cornejo (<dave@dogwood.com>) escribi=C3=B3: > There is some curiosity in this at Netgate (my employer), but I have > it as a free-time project, and there has not been a lot of this. > > The good news is that FreeBSD is a supported DPDK target, and I have > seen compatibility patches being accepted. So that's a promising > start. > > I have gotten parts of VPP to compile by hand on FreeBSD, so I think > that's a good sign, but the overall build system is, uh, i'll call it > cisco-ish and leave it at that. I think what we'll need to do is just > slog our way through the Makefiles and CMakeLists.txt one-by-one and > then start debugging the result. > > I'm not sure how willing the upstream is to support FreeBSD is either, > so, as George said, a port will be tedious to create, but also onerous > to maintain. Not saying we shouldn't, but hoping some masochists come > forward to help :-) > > dave c > > On Wed, Sep 26, 2018 at 10:42 AM George Neville-Neil > <gnn@neville-neil.com> wrote: > > > > So, a straight up port is possible but tedious (duh) due to its > > Linuxism. I think someone else may have taken this up after I stopped > > working on it, so let's see if anyone else replies. > > > > Best, > > George > > > > On 26 Sep 2018, at 11:04, Jordan Caraballo wrote: > > > > > Hi George, > > > > > > I am mainly interested in using it in combination with DPDK over > > > FreeBSD > > > for routing purposes. > > > > > > If you have suggestions over possibly hacking it to make it available > > > for > > > FreeBSD, or to continue your work, I am more than willing to get > > > advice. > > > This might be a worth to-do thing in the future term, so I would not > > > mind > > > spending some time over it. > > > > > > Regards, > > > - Jordan > > > > > > El mi=C3=A9., 26 sept. 2018 a las 10:58, George Neville-Neil (< > > > gnn@neville-neil.com>) escribi=C3=B3: > > > > > >> Indeed I have not had > > >> > > >> On 26 Sep 2018, at 8:37, Jordan Caraballo wrote: > > >> > > >>> Hi guys, > > >>> > > >>> I am wondering about the status of patching VPP for FreeBSD. I saw > > >>> that > > >>> George Neville-Neil started some work: > > >>> https://github.com/gvnn3/vpp-old/tree/freebsd, but it is outdated > > >>> (last > > >>> commit was 2 years ago). > > >>> > > >> > > >> Indeed I've not had the time to work on this. > > >> > > >>> Is this a near future plan? Do you have ongoing projects working > > >>> with > > >>> this? > > >>> > > >> > > >> Are you interested in hacking on it or on using it? I'd be happy to > > >> review patches and the like if you're hacking on it. > > >> > > >> Best, > > >> George > > >> > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Jordan > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list > > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > -- > Kailua, Hawai=CA=BBi > US +1 (808) 728-3050 > UK +44 (020) 3286 2808 > --=20 Jordan
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