DPDK runs on a variety of platforms. When a new CPU architecture emerges, it's a question of "when" rather than "if" DPDK will be ported to it. As more high performance cores enter the market, the answer to that question for RISC-V is "now". This talk is a short story of a first RISC-V DPDK porting attempt and what came out of it. This includes a working demo on one of the available hardware platforms, description of challenges faced during the project as well as the current state and the future of the port.
