<s>
The	O
OpenDataPlane	B-Application
(	O
ODP	O
)	O
is	O
an	O
open-source	B-Application
project	O
which	O
defines	O
application	B-Application
programming	I-Application
interfaces	I-Application
(	O
APIs	B-Application
)	O
for	O
portable	O
high	O
performance	O
networking	O
data	B-Protocol
plane	I-Protocol
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ODP	O
API	B-Application
design	O
enables	O
various	O
implementation	O
strategies	O
without	O
exposing	O
the	O
application	O
to	O
implementation	O
details	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
the	O
same	O
application	O
source	O
code	O
may	O
be	O
re-compiled	O
to	O
run	O
on	O
a	O
standard	O
server	O
system	O
or	O
a	O
specialized	O
networking	O
System	B-Architecture
on	I-Architecture
a	I-Architecture
Chip	I-Architecture
(	O
SoC	O
)	O
device	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Networking	O
data	B-Protocol
plane	I-Protocol
refers	O
software	O
and	O
hardware	O
that	O
forwards	O
packets/frames	O
from	O
one	O
interface	O
to	O
another	O
,	O
and	O
usually	O
performs	O
various	O
operations	O
(	O
check	O
errors	O
,	O
add/remove/modify	O
protocol	O
headers	O
,	O
etc	O
)	O
on	O
packet	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Commonly	O
,	O
data	B-Protocol
plane	I-Protocol
software	O
utilizes	O
hardware	O
acceleration	O
(	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
Networking	O
control	B-Protocol
plane	I-Protocol
and	O
management	B-Protocol
plane	I-Protocol
refer	O
to	O
softwares	O
that	O
control	O
and	O
monitor	O
data	B-Protocol
plane	I-Protocol
software	O
and	O
hardware	O
operation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
29	O
,	O
2013	O
Linaro	O
announced	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
collaborating	O
with	O
members	O
of	O
the	O
Linaro	O
Networking	O
interest	O
Group	O
to	O
develop	O
and	O
host	O
an	O
open	O
standard	O
application	B-Application
programming	I-Application
interface	I-Application
for	O
data	B-Protocol
plane	I-Protocol
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Initially	O
defined	O
by	O
members	O
of	O
the	O
Linaro	O
Networking	O
Group	O
,	O
this	O
project	O
is	O
open	O
to	O
contributions	O
from	O
all	O
individuals	O
and	O
companies	O
who	O
share	O
an	O
interest	O
in	O
promoting	O
a	O
standard	O
set	O
of	O
APIs	B-Application
to	O
be	O
used	O
across	O
the	O
full	O
range	O
of	O
network	O
processor	O
architectures	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ODP	O
consists	O
of	O
an	O
API	B-Application
specification	O
and	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
reference	O
implementations	O
that	O
realize	O
these	O
APIs	B-Application
on	O
different	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Implementations	O
range	O
from	O
pure	O
software	O
to	O
those	O
that	O
deeply	O
exploit	O
the	O
various	O
hardware	O
acceleration	O
and	O
offload	O
features	O
found	O
on	O
modern	O
networking	O
System-on-Chip	B-Architecture
(	O
SoC	O
)	O
processors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ODP	O
's	O
goal	O
is	O
to	O
allow	O
implementers	O
of	O
the	O
API	B-Application
great	O
flexibility	O
to	O
exploit	O
and	O
optimize	O
the	O
implementation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
intended	O
to	O
enable	O
easy	O
platform	O
portability	O
such	O
that	O
an	O
application	O
written	O
to	O
the	O
API	B-Application
can	O
pick	O
up	O
performance	O
gains	O
without	O
needing	O
significant	O
platform	O
knowledge	O
when	O
ported	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ODP	O
is	O
currently	O
being	O
used	O
to	O
develop	O
reference	O
platform	O
implementations	O
of	O
Open	B-Application
Platform	I-Application
for	I-Application
NFV	I-Application
(	O
OPNFV	B-Application
)	O
and	O
is	O
being	O
promoted	O
by	O
companies	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
their	O
data	B-Protocol
plane	I-Protocol
support	O
initiatives	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
OpenDataPlane	B-Application
run	O
to	O
completion	O
execution	O
models	O
and	O
framework	O
are	O
also	O
being	O
used	O
by	O
FastPath	O
applications	O
to	O
leverage	O
OpenFastPath	O
functionality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
a	O
Linux	B-Application
based	O
reference	O
software	O
implementation	O
of	O
the	O
ODP	O
API	B-Application
,	O
intended	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
functional	O
model	O
to	O
establish	O
the	O
API	B-Application
behavior	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Name	O
Owner/Maintainer	O
Target	O
Platform	O
Architectureodp-linuxOpen	O
contributionPure	O
software	O
implementation	O
,	O
runs	O
on	O
any	O
Linux	B-Application
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
following	O
open	O
source	O
projects	O
use	O
ODP	O
API	B-Application
as	O
the	O
abstraction	O
layer	O
towards	O
data	B-Protocol
plane	I-Protocol
hardware	O
.	O
</s>
