[dpdk-dev] Any ideas how to stop DPDK from banning me from the box.

[Patrick Mahan]

Dmitry,

Please post the exact blacklist option.  I use the '-b' option all the time 
with my test box (Dell T620).

Thanks,

Patrick

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On Jul 18, 2013, at 8:42 AM, Dmitry Vyal <dmitryvyal at gmail.com> wrote:

> Greetings!
> 
> I've been playing with dpdk on my desktop for some time and decided to 
> finally test in on a server. It has a plenty of nics:
> 
> dev at box:~$ lspci |grep Ether
> 01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82599EB 10-Gigabit SFI/SFP+ 
> Network Connection (rev 01)
> 01:00.1 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82599EB 10-Gigabit SFI/SFP+ 
> Network Connection (rev 01)
> 03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82599EB 10-Gigabit SFI/SFP+ 
> Network Connection (rev 01)
> 03:00.1 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82599EB 10-Gigabit SFI/SFP+ 
> Network Connection (rev 01)
> 05:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82599EB 10-Gigabit SFI/SFP+ 
> Network Connection (rev 01)
> 05:00.1 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82599EB 10-Gigabit SFI/SFP+ 
> Network Connection (rev 01)
> 0c:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82576 Gigabit Network 
> Connection (rev 01)
> 0c:00.1 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82576 Gigabit Network 
> Connection (rev 01)
> 0e:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82576 Gigabit Network 
> Connection (rev 01)
> 0e:00.1 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82576 Gigabit Network 
> Connection (rev 01)
> 10:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82576 Gigabit Network 
> Connection (rev 01)
> 10:00.1 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82576 Gigabit Network 
> Connection (rev 01)
> 12:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82574L Gigabit Network 
> Connection
> 82:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82599EB 10-Gigabit SFI/SFP+ 
> Network Connection (rev 01)
> 82:00.1 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82599EB 10-Gigabit SFI/SFP+ 
> Network Connection (rev 01)
> 88:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82599EB 10-Gigabit SFI/SFP+ 
> Network Connection (rev 01)
> 88:00.1 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82599EB 10-Gigabit SFI/SFP+ 
> Network Connection (rev 01)
> 8a:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82599EB 10-Gigabit SFI/SFP+ 
> Network Connection (rev 01)
> 8a:00.1 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82599EB 10-Gigabit SFI/SFP+ 
> Network Connection (rev 01)
> 
> I connect to the server using ssh through one of gigabit ports. The problem 
> is that no matter which cards I blacklist with -b option then starting my 
> dpdk application it takes away all the interfaces from the kernel and later 
> returns blacklisted ones. This disrupts my ssh session and I can no longer 
> connect to the server.
> 
> Any ideas how to overcome this?
> 
> Best regards,
> Dmitry Vyal.