[Bug 2029474] Re: package openvswitch-switch-dpdk unable to support DPDK mode?

[bettswwang]

the default ovs-vswitchd is package openvswitch-switch,not openvswitch-
switch-dpdk. "update-alternatives --config ovs-vswitchd" choose the dpdk
ovs-vswitchd.

** Changed in: openvswitch (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Invalid

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Title:
  package openvswitch-switch-dpdk unable to support DPDK mode?

Status in openvswitch package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  test the dpdk mode of package openvswitch-switch-dpdk on system
  ubuntu20.04. It seems the package don't support this mode. Is it a
  bug?

  
  root at ubuntu2004:~# apt install -y openvswitch-switch-dpdk

  root at ubuntu2004:~# apt list --installed | grep -i openvswitch
  WARNING: apt does not have a stable CLI interface. Use with caution in scripts.
  openvswitch-common/focal-updates,focal-security,now 2.13.8-0ubuntu1.2 amd64 [installed,automatic]
  openvswitch-switch-dpdk/focal-updates,focal-security,now 2.13.8-0ubuntu1.2 amd64 [installed]
  openvswitch-switch/focal-updates,focal-security,now 2.13.8-0ubuntu1.2 amd64 [installed,automatic]
  python3-openvswitch/focal-updates,focal-security,now 2.13.8-0ubuntu1.2 all [installed,automatic]

  root at ubuntu2004:~# cat /etc/default/grub | grep -e iommu
  GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="iommu=pt intel_iommu=on pci=assign-busses"

  root at ubuntu2004:~#export PATH=$PATH:/usr/share/openvswitch/scripts
  root at ubuntu2004:~#export DB_SOCK=/var/run/openvswitch/db.sock
  root at ubuntu2004:~#ovs-vsctl --no-wait set Open_vSwitch . other_config:dpdk-init=true
  root at ubuntu2004:~#ovs-ctl --no-ovsdb-server --db-sock="$DB_SOCK" start

  root at ubuntu2004:~#  ovs-vsctl get Open_vSwitch . dpdk_initialized
  false

  root at ubuntu2004:~# tail -f /var/log/openvswitch/ovs-vswitchd.log
  2023-08-03T02:52:17.832Z|00006|bridge|INFO|ovs-vswitchd (Open vSwitch) 2.13.8
  2023-08-03T02:56:37.648Z|00007|memory|INFO|13072 kB peak resident set size after 259.8 seconds
  2023-08-03T02:56:49.280Z|00001|vlog|INFO|opened log file /var/log/openvswitch/ovs-vswitchd.log
  2023-08-03T02:56:49.285Z|00002|ovs_numa|INFO|Discovered 8 CPU cores on NUMA node 0
  2023-08-03T02:56:49.285Z|00003|ovs_numa|INFO|Discovered 1 NUMA nodes and 8 CPU cores
  2023-08-03T02:56:49.285Z|00004|reconnect|INFO|unix:/var/run/openvswitch/db.sock: connecting...
  2023-08-03T02:56:49.285Z|00005|reconnect|INFO|unix:/var/run/openvswitch/db.sock: connected
  2023-08-03T02:56:49.288Z|00006|bridge|INFO|ovs-vswitchd (Open vSwitch) 2.13.8
  2023-08-03T03:05:37.297Z|00007|memory|INFO|13072 kB peak resident set size after 528.0 seconds
  2023-08-03T03:07:19.274Z|00008|dpdk|ERR|DPDK not supported in this copy of Open vSwitch.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
  Package: openvswitch-switch-dpdk 2.13.8-0ubuntu1.2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-155.172-generic 5.4.235
  Uname: Linux 5.4.0-155-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.24
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
  Date: Thu Aug  3 10:22:14 2023
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2022-10-28 (279 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 20.04.3 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20210824)
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: openvswitch
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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