On 02/09/2015 11:04 AM, Czesnowicz, Przemyslaw wrote: > Hi, > > > > I would like to request FFE for vhostuser vif driver. > > > > 2 reviews : > https://review.openstack.org/#/q/status:open+project:openstack/nova+branch:master+topic:bp/libvirt-vif-vhost-user,n,z > > > > BP: https://blueprints.launchpad.net/nova/+spec/libvirt-vif-vhost-user > > Spec: https://review.openstack.org/138736 > > > > Blueprint was approved but it’s status was changed because of FF. > > Vhostuser is a Qemu feature that allows fastpath into the VM for > userspace vSwitches. > > The changes are small and mostly contained to libvirt driver. > > Vhostuser support was proposed for Juno by Snabb switch guys but didn’t > make it, > > this implementation supports their usecase as well . > The patches are really non-invasive, and extremely contained, and have had several reviews. I cannot come up with a good reason to keep it out. This is also interesting for the NFV use-cases (mainly) so I'd like to see it happen on that account too - and thus will be happy to sponsor it. N.