datapath: Increased IVSHM buffer size and Tx retries

Change-Id: I83fdfd33f7a620b8c1ec30f5bd2b1eee1b0dd0f4
Signed-off-by: Kevin Traynor <kevin.traynor@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Meghan Halton <meghan.halton@intel.com>
datapath: Increased VHOST Tx retry num

Change-Id: If5c38514d8dfb5d6d335eb1876ac4dc6b57009a8
Signed-off-by: Kevin Traynor <kevin.traynor@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Meghan Halton <meghan.halton@intel.com>
datapath: Increased phy Rx/Tx ring size

Change-Id: If7b47365918f9fdd4cd850f4488359c70f4901aa
Signed-off-by: Kevin Traynor <kevin.traynor@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Meghan Halton <meghan.halton@intel.com>
docs: Update performance tuning doc with compile time parameters

Add compile time specifics on how to tune vHost and IVSHM ports.

Change-Id: I1238af18e12a8c4206ad20c298869ed87555850d
Signed-off-by: Meghan Halton <meghan.halton@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Kevin Traynor <kevin.traynor@intel.com>
Revert "datapath: Increased phy Rx/Tx ring size"

This reverts commit 2b973c1985a90a65bc1f5f0f47b68ba50572f675.

Change-Id: Ie08ce4002ff9f8f280f01767e2c93535185f8418
Signed-off-by: Kevin Traynor <kevin.traynor@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Meghan Halton <meghan.halton@intel.com>
Revert "datapath: Increased VHOST Tx retry num"

This reverts commit e4ceb9f163a505c40881fa58ddf75c069e89ccbf.

Change-Id: I739f54db5d99e3f0b65bc6733e4ce10e2397ca9a
Signed-off-by: Kevin Traynor <kevin.traynor@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Meghan Halton <meghan.halton@intel.com>
Revert "datapath: Increased IVSHM buffer size and Tx retries"

This reverts commit d1580ba32a4f13ec39235c24830fac05724f10f6.

Change-Id: I71ce43ad6c423eae01578ba79436a69f7632541e
Signed-off-by: Kevin Traynor <kevin.traynor@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Meghan Halton <meghan.halton@intel.com>
NEWS: Fix typos

There were some issues in this file:

* The 'stats_core' argument applies to 'ovs-dpdk', not 'ovs-vswitchd'.
* Many of the other changes apply only to the datapath ('ovs-dpdk').
  Reorder to indicate this fact.
* The date is incorrect.
* Lines were wrapped, but shouldn't have been
* A URL did not give the hyperlink

Change-Id: I9839c22b644237a590ec2a2c4af68e933494081d
Signed-off-by: Stephen Finucane <stephen.finucane@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Meghan Halton <meghan.halton@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Kevin Traynor <kevin.traynor@intel.com>
README: update list of validated OS's

Add Fedora 20 to list of operating systems on which Intel DPDK vSwitch
has been validated.

Change-Id: I60867c9e79778252d80173e5bc51269e85ab89e2
Signed-off-by: Mark Kavanagh <mark.b.kavanagh@intel.com>
Reviewed-By: Stephen Finucane <stephen.finucane@intel.com>
Reviewed-By: Kevin Traynor <kevin.traynor@intel.com>
docs: Update for 1.1 release

- Update errata for 1.1 release
- Fix typos and errors

Change-Id: I46bdb45019fc5f43939a02ca125a42e55c055bd7
Signed-off-by: Mark Kavanagh <mark.b.kavanagh@intel.com>
Reviewed-By: Kevin Traynor <kevin.traynor@intel.com>
Reviewed-By: Meghan Halton <meghan.halton@intel.com>
docs: Update installation guide with F20 packages

Change-Id: I04c2cbf2b7345a0f473fa14b8311e611a7e2ee5f
Signed-off-by: Stephen Finucane <stephen.finucane@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Kevin Traynor <kevin.traynor@intel.com>