OVS-DPDK Hardware Acceleration
Warning
OVS-DPDK builds and hardware acceleration have been officially discontinued and are no longer supported by the Open vSwitch (OVS) version bundled with the DOCA platform.
It is recommended to transition to OVS-DOCA Hardware Acceleration, that now fully replaces OVS-DPDK and provides significantly enhanced feature set along with improved performance.
OVS-DOCA is designed as a complete, modern replacement for OVS-DPDK, providing:
A significantly enhanced feature set tailored for BlueField DPUs.
Substantially improved hardware-accelerated network performance.
Native integration with the DOCA platform.