[one-dev] KVM SR-IOV Add-on

[Javier Fontan]

I'm about to create the repo. I'll let you know when it is ready.

On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 1:28 PM, David Macleod <dmacleod at csir.co.za> wrote:
> Hi Javier
>
> The name is fine. My Github user name is dmacleod.
> Regards,
> David
>
>>>> Javier Fontan <jfontan at opennebula.org> 2013/10/25 12:43 PM >>>
>
> Just two comments.
>
> The repositories are named "addon-name-of-the-addon". I think yours
> could be named "addon-kvm-sr-iov". Are you ok with it? Any other idea?
>
> I am not able to find your user in github by email. Can you give me
> the github user name?
>
> Cheers.
>
> On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 12:32 PM, David Macleod <dmacleod at csir.co.za> wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> The KVM SR-IOV driver enables support for SR-IOV devices, including
>> Infiniband, in KVM virtual machines. The add-on has been developed for HPC
>> orientated Clouds and includes a number of VM  performance enhancements.
>>
>> The driver supports two modes for passing SR-IOV devices into VMs, generic
>> and mlnx_ofed2. The generic mode is cable of passing any SR-IOV device
>> into
>> VMs, not limited to network devices.
>>
>> The mlnx_ofed2 mode is tuned to pass IP information into VMs via GUIDs and
>> also supports IB network isolation though a modification to the ovswitch
>> VNM
>> driver and IB partitions.
>>
>> A HPC mode option can also be enabled to improve CPU and memory
>> performance
>> of the VM by passing though the exact CPU model and detecting and
>> respecting
>> NUMA nodes.
>>
>> For more information and limitations visit:
>> http://wiki.chpc.ac.za/acelab:opennebula_sr-iov_vmm_driver
>>
>> Requested repo name: KVM SR-IOV Driver
>> Github user: dmacleod at csir.co.za
>>
>> Regards,
>> David
>>
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