[openstack-dev] [nova] [libvirt-vif] Extend vhost-user interface to support Cisco Nexus 1000v.

Kyle Mestery mestery at mestery.com
Tue Aug 18 17:06:11 UTC 2015


On Tue, Aug 18, 2015 at 11:48 AM, Kiran Chunduri <kiran.asklist at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hello All,
> We would like to extend the nova 'vhost-user' plug API to attach the port
> to Cisco Nexus 1000v, which supports vhost-user interface. Currently the
> plug-API supports attaching to OVS. The code I'm referring to is
> 'plug_vhostuser()' API in 'nova/virt/libvirt/vif.py'.
>
> I would like to submit changes for this. But One of my colleague mentioned
> there is a proposal to make the NOVA VIF driver more generic. Can some one
> please elaborate on this (or) point to blue-print? I would like to look and
> discuss on the proposal.
>
>
This was discussed at the nova mid-cycle, and the plan of record is for Jay
Pipes to push his os_vif repo [1] out for review once he addresses some
feedback he's received already. This will make it easier to do what you're
looking to do Kiran.

Thanks,
Kyle

[1] https://github.com/jaypipes/os_vif


> thanks in advance,
> Kiran
>
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