dpdk: Update to use v25.11.

This commit adds support for DPDK v25.11.

It updates the CI script and documentation.

The following commit was previously added and is required for
compatibility with DPDK 25.11.
cd2ff53 ("dpdk: Convert dpdk-lcore-mask to DPDK lcore args.")

Signed-off-by: Kevin Traynor <[email protected]>
Acked-by: David Marchand <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Eelco Chaudron <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Ilya Maximets <[email protected]>

Author: kevintraynor

.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
       dependencies: gcc libnuma-dev libxdp-dev ninja-build pkgconf
       CC: gcc
       DPDK_GIT: https://dpdk.org/git/dpdk-stable
-      DPDK_VER: 24.11.3
+      DPDK_VER: 25.11
     name: dpdk gcc
     outputs:
       dpdk_key: ${{ steps.gen_dpdk_key.outputs.key }}

Documentation/faq/releases.rst

@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ Q: Are all the DPDK releases that OVS versions work with maintained?
     The latest information about DPDK stable and LTS releases can be found
     at `DPDK stable`_.
 
-.. _DPDK stable: http://doc.dpdk.org/guides-24.11/contributing/stable.html
+.. _DPDK stable: https://doc.dpdk.org/guides-25.11/contributing/stable.html
 
 Q: What features are not available in the Open vSwitch kernel datapath that
 ships as part of the upstream Linux kernel?

Documentation/intro/install/dpdk.rst

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ Build requirements
 In addition to the requirements described in :doc:`general`, building Open
 vSwitch with DPDK will require the following:
 
-- DPDK 24.11.3
+- DPDK 25.11
 
 - A `DPDK supported NIC`_
 
@@ -59,8 +59,8 @@ vSwitch with DPDK will require the following:
 
 Detailed system requirements can be found at `DPDK requirements`_.
 
-.. _DPDK supported NIC: https://doc.dpdk.org/guides-24.11/nics/index.html
-.. _DPDK requirements: https://doc.dpdk.org/guides-24.11/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.html
+.. _DPDK supported NIC: https://doc.dpdk.org/guides-25.11/nics/index.html
+.. _DPDK requirements: https://doc.dpdk.org/guides-25.11/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.html
 
 .. _dpdk-install:
 
@@ -73,9 +73,9 @@ Install DPDK
 #. Download the `DPDK sources`_, extract the file and set ``DPDK_DIR``::
 
        $ cd /usr/src/
-       $ wget https://fast.dpdk.org/rel/dpdk-24.11.3.tar.xz
-       $ tar xf dpdk-24.11.3.tar.xz
-       $ export DPDK_DIR=/usr/src/dpdk-stable-24.11.3
+       $ wget https://fast.dpdk.org/rel/dpdk-25.11.tar.xz
+       $ tar xf dpdk-25.11.tar.xz
+       $ export DPDK_DIR=/usr/src/dpdk-25.11
        $ cd $DPDK_DIR
 
 #. Configure and install DPDK using Meson
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ Install DPDK
 
 .. _DPDK sources: http://dpdk.org/rel
 .. _DPDK documentation:
-   https://doc.dpdk.org/guides-24.11/linux_gsg/build_dpdk.html
+   https://doc.dpdk.org/guides-25.11/linux_gsg/build_dpdk.html
 
 Install OVS
 ~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -722,7 +722,7 @@ Limitations
   release notes`_.
 
 .. _DPDK release notes:
-   https://doc.dpdk.org/guides-24.11/rel_notes/release_24_11.html
+   https://doc.dpdk.org/guides-25.11/rel_notes/release_25_11.html
 
 - Upper bound MTU: DPDK device drivers differ in how the L2 frame for a
   given MTU value is calculated e.g. i40e driver includes 2 x vlan headers in

Documentation/topics/dpdk/phy.rst

@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ tool::
 
 For more information, refer to the `DPDK drivers documentation`_.
 
-.. _DPDK drivers documentation: https://doc.dpdk.org/guides-24.11/linux_gsg/linux_drivers.html
+.. _DPDK drivers documentation: https://doc.dpdk.org/guides-25.11/linux_gsg/linux_drivers.html
 
 .. _dpdk-phy-multiqueue:
 
@@ -148,14 +148,14 @@ situation.
 Some physical NICs can be programmed to put these protocols in a dedicated
 hardware Rx queue using the rte_flow__ API.
 
-__ https://doc.dpdk.org/guides-24.11/prog_guide/ethdev/flow_offload.html
+__ https://doc.dpdk.org/guides-25.11/prog_guide/ethdev/flow_offload.html
 
 .. warning::
 
    This feature is not compatible with all NICs. Refer to the DPDK
    `compatibility matrix`__ and vendor documentation for more details.
 
-   __ https://doc.dpdk.org/guides-24.11/nics/overview.html
+   __ https://doc.dpdk.org/guides-25.11/nics/overview.html
 
 Rx steering must be enabled for specific protocols per port. The
 ``rx-steering`` option takes one of the following values:
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ To hotplug a port with igb_uio in this case, DPDK must be configured to use
 physical addressing for IOVA mode. For more information regarding IOVA modes
 in DPDK please refer to the `DPDK IOVA Mode Detection`__.
 
-__ https://doc.dpdk.org/guides-24.11/prog_guide/env_abstraction_layer.html#iova-mode-detection
+__ https://doc.dpdk.org/guides-25.11/prog_guide/env_abstraction_layer.html#iova-mode-detection
 
 To configure OVS DPDK to use physical addressing for IOVA::
 
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ Representors are multi devices created on top of one PF.
 
 For more information, refer to the `DPDK documentation`__.
 
-__ https://doc.dpdk.org/guides-24.11/prog_guide/ethdev/switch_representation.html#port-representors
+__ https://doc.dpdk.org/guides-25.11/prog_guide/ethdev/switch_representation.html#port-representors
 
 Prior to port representors there was a one-to-one relationship between the PF
 and the eth device. With port representors the relationship becomes one PF to
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ in the ``options`` column of the ``Interface`` table.
    kernel netdevice, and be inherited from it when Open vSwitch is restarted,
    even if the options described in this section are unset from Open vSwitch.
 
-.. _bifurcated drivers: https://doc.dpdk.org/guides-24.11/linux_gsg/linux_drivers.html#bifurcated-driver
+.. _bifurcated drivers: https://doc.dpdk.org/guides-25.11/linux_gsg/linux_drivers.html#bifurcated-driver
 
 - Configure the VF MAC address::
 

Documentation/topics/dpdk/vdev.rst

@@ -63,4 +63,4 @@ run::
 More information on the different types of virtual DPDK PMDs can be found in
 the `DPDK documentation`__.
 
-__ https://doc.dpdk.org/guides-24.11/nics/overview.html
+__ https://doc.dpdk.org/guides-25.11/nics/overview.html

Documentation/topics/dpdk/vhost-user.rst

@@ -556,4 +556,4 @@ shown with::
 
 Further information can be found in the
 `DPDK documentation
-<https://doc.dpdk.org/guides-24.11/prog_guide/vhost_lib.html>`__
+<https://doc.dpdk.org/guides-25.11/prog_guide/vhost_lib.html>`__

Documentation/topics/testing.rst

@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ with a mlx5 device::
 All tests are skipped if no hugepages are configured. User must look into the DPDK
 manual to figure out how to `Configure hugepages`_.
 
-.. _Configure hugepages: https://doc.dpdk.org/guides-24.11/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.html
+.. _Configure hugepages: https://doc.dpdk.org/guides-25.11/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.html
 
 All the features documented under `Unit Tests`_ are available for the DPDK
 testsuite.

Documentation/topics/userspace-tso.rst

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ datasheet for compatibility. Secondly, the NIC must have an associated DPDK
 Poll Mode Driver (PMD) which supports `TSO`. For a list of features per PMD,
 refer to the `DPDK documentation`__.
 
-__ https://doc.dpdk.org/guides-24.11/nics/overview.html
+__ https://doc.dpdk.org/guides-25.11/nics/overview.html
 
 Enabling TSO
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~

NEWS

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Post-v3.6.0
      * Conntrack now supports the FTP commands EPSV and EPRT with IPv4
        connections, instead of limiting these commands to IPv6 only.
    - DPDK:
-     * OVS validated with DPDK 24.11.3.
+     * Add support for DPDK 25.11.
    - OVSDB-IDL:
      * New ovsdb_idl_txn_assert_read_only() interface to mark transactions
        as read-only and trigger assertion failure when application attempts

debian/control.in

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Build-Depends:
  iproute2,
  libcap-ng-dev,
  libdbus-1-dev [amd64 i386 ppc64el arm64],
-# DPDK_NETDEV  libdpdk-dev (>= 24.11) [amd64 i386 ppc64el arm64],
+# DPDK_NETDEV  libdpdk-dev (>= 25.11) [amd64 i386 ppc64el arm64],
  libnuma-dev [amd64 i386 ppc64el arm64],
  libpcap-dev [amd64 i386 ppc64el arm64],
  libssl-dev,