libvirt: support vdpa based networking

Registered by sean mooney

This blueprint propose extending the libvirt driver to support vdpa based networking.
The vdpa bus is a new kernel virtual bus introduced to enable virtio datapath offloads to software and hardware accelerators
like dpdk or smart nics.

This blueprint tracks enabling kernel/hardware based offloads and will not enabled dpdk support.

Blueprint information

Status:
Complete
Approver:
Balazs Gibizer
Priority:
Undefined
Drafter:
sean mooney
Direction:
Approved
Assignee:
sean mooney
Definition:
Approved
Series goal:
Accepted for wallaby
Implementation:
Implemented
Milestone target:
milestone icon wallaby-3
Started by
Balazs Gibizer
Completed by
Balazs Gibizer

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spec: https://review.opendev.org/c/openstack/nova-specs/+/764999

[20210121 gibi]: spec has been approved so I've approved the bp for Wallaby
[20210321 gibi]: last patch merged so it included in Wallaby.

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