Re: FreeBSD VPP Port

From: Santiago Martinez <sm_at_codenetworks.net>
Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2024 15:55:37 UTC
Hi Tom! these is great! thanks a lot for working on this!

Will start testing asap!

Best regards.

Santi

On 8/12/24 16:49, Tom Jones wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>
> Thanks to help from jrm@ since the end of last week VPP is now available as a FreeBSD port.
>
> https://cgit.freebsd.org/ports/commit/?id=8ac9dd794c8fafcd763dc541c13790bcc23699b3
>
> The port is based on VPP 2024.06 with some minor changes to enable DPDK on FreeBSD.
>
>  From a FreeBSD system installing VPP should now be as simple as running:
>
> # pkg install vpp
>
> There are still a few things we need before this is a complete port:
>
>   - FreeBSD specific configuration documentation
>   - Example config files
>   - rc scripts to run vpp as a service
>
> This is a great starting point for the community and are looking forward to users reporting their success running VPP on FreeBSD or any issues they encounter.
>
> I look forward to your feedback.
>
> Tom
>