1. Feature Overview: a) Name of feature: Add support for OVS HW offload b) Feature description: This FR will allow OVS mech driver to bind direct (SR-IOV) port. This will allow to offload the OVS flows using tc to the SR-IOV NIC and gain accelerate OVS. 2. Feature Details: a) Architectures: x86_64, ppc64le, ppc64, aarch64 b) Bugzilla dependencies: c) Drivers or hardware dependencies: Kernel support for traffic Control hardware offloads framework for SR-IOV VFs. HW offload support in OpenVSwitch. d) Upstream acceptance information: https://review.openstack.org/#/c/275616/ https://review.openstack.org/#/c/452530/ e) External links: f) Severity (H, M, L): High g) Feature needed by: Partner: Mellanox 3. Business Justification: a) why is this feature needed? b) What hardware does this enable? c) Business impact? d) Other business drivers? 4. Primary contact at Red Hat, email, phone (chat): Andre Beausoleil abeausol 5. Primary contact at Partner, email. phone (chat): Kamal Heib kheib, Slava Shwartsman sshwarts, Noa Spanier noas
#Please ignore original description - This is the correct one# 1. Feature Overview: a) Name of feature: Add support for VIF_TYPE_OVS_ACCELERATION b) Feature description: This FR is for adding support for VIF_TYPE_OVS_ACCELERATION in OpenStack Compute (codename Nova). 2. Feature Details: a) Architectures: x86_64, ppc64le, ppc64, aarch64 b) Bugzilla dependencies: c) Drivers or hardware dependencies: Kernel support for traffic Control hardware offloads framework for SR-IOV VFs. HW offload support in OpenVSwitch. d) Upstream acceptance information: https://review.openstack.org/#/c/398265/ e) External links: f) Severity (H, M, L): High g) Feature needed by: Partner: Mellanox 3. Business Justification: a) why is this feature needed? b) What hardware does this enable? c) Business impact? d) Other business drivers? 4. Primary contact at Red Hat, email, phone (chat): Andre Beausoleil abeausol 5. Primary contact at Partner, email. phone (chat): Kamal Heib kheib, Slava Shwartsman sshwarts, Noa Spanier noas
This bugzilla has been removed from the release and needs to be reviewed for Triaging and release planning for an appropriate Target Milestone.