Hi Mats > Hi Anatoly, > > I finally got things working. I apparently missed an "ifconfig <dev> up" in > the > guest, before starting dpdk. I'm still confused why this would be needed. Is > dpdk unable to do a full initialization of the virtual function from the > guest? > You wouldn't be able to call ifconfig on your VF device if you have bound your guest VF device to igb_uio driver. Have you bound your VF device to igb_uio? Or you have enabled automatic port unbinding (which is disabled by default in recent releases)?
> While I got one instance of DPDK running, I got a problem when starting two > instances of DPDK running against different virtual functions. These virtual > functions stems from the same physical interfaces. > > Starting them one or the other works fine. I have to adapt my static arp > entries since they have different MAC addresses, but this is only expected. > When starting them both however, I receive no packets. If one is running > and currently processing packets, it will stop doing so the instance the > second > instance starts. > Are you referring to two different VM's each having a separate VF device, or are you trying to run two primary processes on one VM with different VF devices? Best regards, Anatoly Burakov DPDK SW Engineer -------------------------------------------------------------- Intel Shannon Limited Registered in Ireland Registered Office: Collinstown Industrial Park, Leixlip, County Kildare Registered Number: 308263 Business address: Dromore House, East Park, Shannon, Co. Clare
