Alexey Stupnikov
cef3b5ef2c
Libvirt's node device driver accumulates and reports information about host devices. Network capabilities reported by node device driver for NIC contain information about HW offloads supported by this NIC. One of possible features reported by node device driver is switchdev: a NIC capability to implement VFs similar to actual HW switch ports (also referred to as SR-IOV OVS hardware offload). From Neutron perspective, vnic-type should be set to "direct" and "switchdev" capability should be added to port binding profile to enable HW offload (there are also configuration steps on compute hosts to tune NIC config). This patch was written to automatically translate "switchdev" from VF network capabilities reported by node device driver to Neutron port binding profile and allow user to skip manual step that requires admin privileges. Other capabilities are also translated: they are not used right now, but provide visibility and can be utilized later. Closes-bug: #2020813 Closes-bug: #2008238 Change-Id: I3b17f386325b8f42c0c374f766fb21c520161a59
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OpenStack Nova
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OpenStack Nova provides a cloud computing fabric controller, supporting a wide
variety of compute technologies, including: libvirt (KVM, Xen, LXC and more),
Hyper-V, VMware and OpenStack Ironic.
Use the following resources to learn more.
API
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To learn how to use Nova's API, consult the documentation available online at:
- `Compute API Guide <https://docs.openstack.org/api-guide/compute/>`__
- `Compute API Reference <https://docs.openstack.org/api-ref/compute/>`__
For more information on OpenStack APIs, SDKs and CLIs in general, refer to:
- `OpenStack for App Developers <https://www.openstack.org/appdev/>`__
- `Development resources for OpenStack clouds
<https://developer.openstack.org/>`__
Operators
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To learn how to deploy and configure OpenStack Nova, consult the documentation
available online at:
- `OpenStack Nova <https://docs.openstack.org/nova/>`__
In the unfortunate event that bugs are discovered, they should be reported to
the appropriate bug tracker. If you obtained the software from a 3rd party
operating system vendor, it is often wise to use their own bug tracker for
reporting problems. In all other cases use the master OpenStack bug tracker,
available at:
- `Bug Tracker <https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova>`__
Developers
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For information on how to contribute to Nova, please see the contents of the
CONTRIBUTING.rst.
Any new code must follow the development guidelines detailed in the HACKING.rst
file, and pass all unit tests.
Further developer focused documentation is available at:
- `Official Nova Documentation <https://docs.openstack.org/nova/>`__
- `Official Client Documentation
<https://docs.openstack.org/python-novaclient/>`__
Other Information
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During each `Summit`_ and `Project Team Gathering`_, we agree on what the whole
community wants to focus on for the upcoming release. The plans for nova can
be found at:
- `Nova Specs <http://specs.openstack.org/openstack/nova-specs/>`__
.. _Summit: https://www.openstack.org/summit/
.. _Project Team Gathering: https://www.openstack.org/ptg/