Hi Bruce and TSC reviewers, Here are intents of "containerize OVS DPDK", 1. As StarlingX moves to containerization, most OpenStack components have been containerized. That includes OVS containerization, but OVS-DPDK is still running on host. It's better to containerize OVS/DPDK as well, to leverage benefits brought by containerization. 2. Currently, StarlingX supports OVS and OVS-DPDK. OVS is managed by openstack-helm, and running in container. But OVS-DPDK is managed by puppet and run directly on the host. Maintaining two implements and keeping them consistent cost more resources than maintaining just one implement. For example. If we want to make some changes(upgrade OVS version, enable some features), we need the changes at two places. It introduces much more upgrade/maintenance costs. "Containerize OVS DPDK" can eliminate such duplication and inconsistency. Thanks, Forrest From: Jones, Bruce E [mailto:bruce.e.jones@intel.com] Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2019 11:44 PM To: starlingx-discuss@lists.starlingx.io Subject: [Starlingx-discuss] StarlingX 3.0 features Here is a list of StarlingX 3.0 features that our team plans to work on. I would like to ask the TSC to please review the "Not yet discussed" features before closing on the 3.0 feature list. Thank you! brucej Work item TSC status Lead Status IA platform features Not yet discussed Abraham, Saul, Ada Most work is validation, new features are integrated as we adopt newer kernels over time. Real time features for industrial use cases are going into 5.x kernels and may (or may not) be back-portable. Containerize OVS DPDK AR Yong Forrest Not yet approved, Yong to get with Forrest and confirm intent Performance testing Not yet discussed Victor, Ada Proposal in progress FPGA accelerator support Push to 4.0 Abraham, Ada Too big for 3.0 but will likely need to start soon. FPGA hardware has been ordered OpenStack Train integration Approved Bruce (Dean) Continuous integration from OpenStack master Containerized Ceph Push to 4.0 Vivian Too big for 3.0 but will likely need to start soon Time Sensitive Networking Approved Forrest Spec in progress Kubernetes plugins for IA Partial Cindy Some reviews in progress, QAT approved, FPGA likely 4.0 Redfish Approved Cindy Spec in progress IOT device management Not yet discussed Abraham Demo'd @ Denver. POC / pathfinding work for a customer in progress, item likely too big for 3.0 SUSE build support & enablement Approved Abraham, Saul In progress, previously approved for 2.0 and continuing on Containerized OpenStack Clients Approved Dean? Nearly completed for 2.0, pushed to 3.0