[dpdk-dev] Does anybody know OpenDataPlane

[Polehn, Mike A]

A hint of the fundamental difference:
One originated somewhat more from the embedded orientation and one originated somewhat more from the server orientation. Both efforts are driving each towards the other and have overlap.

Mike

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From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces at dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Polehn, Mike A
Sent: Wednesday, December 2, 2015 8:32 AM
To: Kury Nicolas; dev at dpdk.org
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] Does anybody know OpenDataPlane

I don't think you have researched this enough. 
Asking this questions shows that you are just beginning your research or do not understand how this fits into current telco NFV/SDN efforts.

Why does this exist: "OpenDataPlane using DPDK for Intel NIC", listed below? Why would competing technologies use the competition technology to solve a problem?

Maybe you can change your thesis to "Current Open Source Dataplane Methods": and do a comparison between the two.  However if you just look at the sales documentation then you may not understand the real difference.

Mike

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From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces at dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Kury Nicolas
Sent: Wednesday, December 2, 2015 6:22 AM
To: dev at dpdk.org
Subject: [dpdk-dev] Does anybody know OpenDataPlane

Hi!


Does anybody know OpenDataPlane ?  http://www.opendataplane.org/ It is a framework designed to enable software portability between networking SoCs, regardless of the underlying instruction set architecture. There are several implementations.

  *   OpenDataPlane using DPDK for Intel NIC
  *   OpenDataPlane using DPAA for Freescale platforms (QorIQ)
  *   OpenDataPlane using MCSDK for Texas Insturments platforms (KeyStone II)
  *   etc.

When a developer wants to port his application, he just needs to recompile it with the implementation of OpenDataPlane related to the new platform.


I'm doing my Master's Thesis on OpenDataPlane  and I have some questions.

- Now that OpenDataPlane (ODP) exists, schould every developpers start a new project with ODP or are there some reasons to still use DPDK ? What do you think ?


Thank you very much

Nicolas