Intel® DPDK vSwitch is a fork of the open source Open vSwitch multilayer virtual switch found at openvswitch.org.
For more information on the project, check out the Overview document or visit the Packet Processing portal on 01.org
To get started right away, we recommend that you check out the documentation contained in the docs directory. These files provide an in-depth overview of the components, system requirements and basic operation of Intel® DPDK vSwitch. The documents are written in Markdown format, so for best results, view the documentation using a Markdown viewer, or on GitHub.
Intel® DPDK vSwitch has been validated against the following Linux distributions:
- Fedora 18
- Fedora 20
Additionally, Intel® DPDK vSwitch has been validated on the following processors:
- Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 Family
- Intel® Atom® Processor C2000 Family
Finally, Intel® DPDK vSwitch requires the following version of Intel® DPDK:
- Intel® DPDK 1.7.1
For further information, please check out the docs directory, or use the mailing list.
Please submit all questions, bugs and patch requests to the official mailing list. For further information on this process, please refer to the CONTRIBUTING file.