There is a New Spec in Town: Getting to Know the Device Information Spec

Overview of the network plumbing working group and its projects

• The network plumbing working group has recently approved a new open governance model and brought together many projects
• Projects under the network plumbing working group include multis, srv network device plugin, and network attachment client
• The device plugin manages hardware resources and makes them available to cubelet
• Properly referencing pools in the config map and network attachment definition is crucial for the device plugin to work

During a conference presentation, a speaker explains the network plumbing working group and its projects to a colleague. They discuss the importance of properly referencing pools in the config map and network attachment definition for the device plugin to work.

Cloud Native Network Functions (CNFs) will be the cornerstone of the 5G revolution. Unlike traditional workloads, CNFs require access to high speed network interfaces. Unfortunately, Kubernetes traditional networking does not fulfil this requirement out of the box. In order to close these gaps, a new specification has been developed called the Device Information Specification, which expands the existing multi-net specification developed by the Network Plumbing Working Group (NPWG). It not only enriches the information about the network interfaces, but also allows new accelerated technologies to be added and consumed by CNFs using an API-compliant library. This session will give an overview of the Device Information Specification and provide details of how it enables new network accelerating technologies to be integrated into Kubernetes through an end-to-end example.