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Summary

Adds RFC 0005, which proposes an in-tree DPU extension for openshell-driver-vm. The design lets the VM driver attach DPU-backed VF/SF devices to sandbox VMs while delegating L2/L3/L4 policy enforcement to a DPU-side coordinator.

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  • Defines the openshell-dpu-extension host extension as a consumer of the VM-driver lifecycle extension API.
  • Introduces a vendor-neutral DpuCoordinator trait with fake and bluefield-grpc coordinator backends.
  • Specifies the BlueField coordinator daemon responsibilities for VF/SF allocation, OVS programming, policy application, and attachment tracking.
  • Adds the proposed WatchSandboxPolicies gateway stream and projection-based NetworkScope policy delivery model.
  • Documents operator configuration, attachment lifecycle, initial policy bootstrap, reconcile behavior, lease fencing, failure behavior, security model, mTLS identity, and observability expectations.

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Documentation-only RFC change.

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  • E2E tests added/updated (if applicable)

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  • Follows Conventional Commits
  • Commits are signed off (DCO)
  • Architecture docs updated (if applicable)

Signed-off-by: Patrick Riel <priel@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Patrick Riel <priel@nvidia.com>
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Signed-off-by: Patrick Riel <priel@nvidia.com>
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