Roopa Prabhu and Jiri Pirko will chair the netdev 0x14 Switch ASIC hardware offload workshop.

Network Operating Systems(NOS) based on Linux-native hardware offload for network switching ASICs continue to gain traction. Recent inductees include the announced project DENT [1] that brings together switch ASIC vendors, distributors, system integrators and users.

This workshop is similar in spirit to previous switchdev workshops. Workshop topics (Work in progress):

- Discuss switchdev driver updates since last netdev0x13: - Mellanox mlxsw driver updates - New Networking features and use-cases - Open issues and challenges - New vendors - Supporting new features down the pike: - Eg: EVPN-MH, port security, dynamic NAT and others - Operationalizing Linux networking Automation and DevOps

[1] https://www.linuxfoundation.org/press-release/2019/12/dent-launches-to-simpl...

More information: https://netdevconf.info/0x14/news.html?switch-ASIC-hardware-offload-workshop...

cheers, jamal