Upon further trace, I know what caused it. The uio hardware resources were
never memory mapped when RTE_EAL_UNBIND_PORTS is not enabled. Specifically,
pci_dev->mem_resource[] is not mapped. This explains why setting
CONFIG_RTE_EAL_UNBIND_PORTS=y fixes the problem.
lib/librte_pmd_vmxnet3/vmxnet3_ethdev.c
266 static struct eth_driver rte_vmxnet3_pmd = {
267 {
268 .name = "rte_vmxnet3_pmd",
269 .id_table = pci_id_vmxnet3_map,
270 #ifdef RTE_EAL_UNBIND_PORTS
271 .drv_flags = RTE_PCI_DRV_NEED_IGB_UIO,
272 #endif
273 },
274 .eth_dev_init = eth_vmxnet3_dev_init,
275 .dev_private_size = sizeof(struct vmxnet3_adapter),
276 };
Note drv_flags will be 0.
lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_pci.c
1039 #ifdef RTE_EAL_UNBIND_PORTS
1040 if (dr->drv_flags & RTE_PCI_DRV_NEED_IGB_UIO) {
1041 /* unbind driver and load uio resources for Intel NICs */
1042 if (pci_switch_module(dr, dev, 1, IGB_UIO_NAME) < 0)
...
1050 #else
1051 if (dr->drv_flags & RTE_PCI_DRV_NEED_IGB_UIO)
1052 /* just map resources for Intel NICs */
1053 if (pci_uio_map_resource(dev) < 0)
1054 return -1;
1055 #endif
If RTE_EAL_UNBIND_PORTS is defined, pci_switch_module will call
pci_uio_map_resource.
I then looked at the bsdapp?s version, it simply has:
lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal_pci.c
479 /* just map the NIC resources */
480 if (pci_uio_map_resource(dev) < 0)
481 return -1;
I don?t know the history behind why .drv_flags = RTE_PCI_DRV_NEED_IGB_UIO only
for RTE_EAL_UNBIND_PORTS. Can we just ensure pci_uio_map_resource is called in
linux just like bsd version? One way is to ensure drv_flags is always set to
RTE_PCI_DRV_NEED_IGB_UIO, but I don?t know if this fix will break other parts.
+++ vmxnet3_ethdev.c 2014-03-10 23:18:02.087742434 -0700
@@ -267,9 +267,7 @@
{
.name = "rte_vmxnet3_pmd",
.id_table = pci_id_vmxnet3_map,
-#ifdef RTE_EAL_UNBIND_PORTS
.drv_flags = RTE_PCI_DRV_NEED_IGB_UIO,
-#endif
},
.eth_dev_init = eth_vmxnet3_dev_init,
.dev_private_size = sizeof(struct vmxnet3_adapter),
Thanks.
Dan
On Mar 10, 2014, at 10:33 PM, Daniel Kan <dan at nyansa.com> wrote:
> I also got the segfault. Setting CONFIG_RTE_EAL_UNBIND_PORTS=y is not ideal
> because it would also unbind my VMNET3 management interface.
>
> Does anyone know why the crash is happening? According to the stacktrace,
> hw_addrX is 0x0 during eth_vmxnet3_dev_init.
>
> I?m running on ubuntu 12.04LTS on ESXi 5.5 with Intel I350 NIC as the
> physical adapter for VMNET3.
>
> Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
> 0x00000000004fe0eb in vmxnet3_read_addr (addr=0x0) at
> /home/dkan/nyansa/3rd-party/dpdk-1.6.0r1/lib/librte_pmd_vmxnet3/vmxnet3_ethdev.h:139
> (gdb) up
> #1 0x00000000004fe331 in eth_vmxnet3_dev_init (eth_drv=0x799440
> <rte_vmxnet3_pmd>, eth_dev=0x7d5280 <rte_eth_devices>) at
> /home/dkan/nyansa/3rd-party/dpdk-1.6.0r1/lib/librte_pmd_v\
> mxnet3/vmxnet3_ethdev.c:218
> (gdb) print *hw
> $12 = {hw_addr0 = 0x0, hw_addr1 = 0x0, back = 0x0, device_id = 1968,
> vendor_id = 5549, subsystem_device_id = 0, subsystem_vendor_id = 0,
> adapter_stopped = 0, perm_addr = "\000\000\\
> 000\000\000", num_tx_queues = 1 '\001', num_rx_queues = 1 '\001',
> bufs_per_pkt = 1 '\001', cur_mtu = 1500, tqd_start = 0x0, rqd_start = 0x0,
> shared = 0x0, sharedPA = 0, queueDescPA\
> = 0, queue_desc_len = 0, rss_conf = 0x0, rss_confPA = 0, mf_table = 0x0}
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Dan
>
> On Mar 10, 2014, at 1:00 AM, Prashant Upadhyaya <prashant.upadhyaya at
> aricent.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Srini,
>>
>> Thanks, I could also make it work, thanks to your cue !
>>
>> Now then, this multi-segment not being supported in vmxnet3 driver is a big
>> party-pooper for me. Unfortunately in my usecase, I do indeed make heavy use
>> of multisegment buffers for sending out the data, so my usecase has failed
>> and I will have to fix that.
>>
>> Also, can you please adivse how much is the max data rates you have been
>> able to achieve with one vmxnet3 10G port.
>>
>> Thanks a lot for the advice once again.
>>
>> Regards
>> -Prashant
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Srinivasan J [mailto:srinidpdk at gmail.com]
>> Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2014 12:38 AM
>> To: Prashant Upadhyaya
>> Cc: David Marchand; dev at dpdk.org
>> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] Which vmxnet3 pmd is to be used in dpdk 1.6.x?
>>
>> Prashant,
>> I was also able to hit the issue your hitting using Esxi
>> 5.1.0 evaluation and Fedora 20 X86_64 guest. I was able to fix the issue by
>> setting CONFIG_RTE_EAL_UNBIND_PORTS=y option in
>> defconfig_x86_64-default-linuxapp-gcc configuration file.
>>
>> Issue seen
>> ========
>>
>> EAL: PCI device 0000:03:00.0 on NUMA socket -1
>> EAL: probe driver: 15ad:7b0 rte_vmxnet3_pmd
>> EAL: Device is blacklisted, not initializing
>> EAL: PCI device 0000:0b:00.0 on NUMA socket -1
>> EAL: probe driver: 15ad:7b0 rte_vmxnet3_pmd
>>
>> Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
>> eth_vmxnet3_dev_init (eth_drv=<optimized out>, eth_dev=0x754480
>> <rte_eth_devices>) at
>> /root/source/dpdk-1.6.0r1/lib/librte_pmd_vmxnet3/vmxnet3_ethdev.c:218
>> 218 ver = VMXNET3_READ_BAR1_REG(hw, VMXNET3_REG_VRRS);
>> Missing separate debuginfos, use: debuginfo-install glibc-2.18-11.fc20.x86_64
>> (gdb) p hw
>> $1 = (struct vmxnet3_hw *) 0x7fffd8fc1040
>> (gdb) p *hw
>> $2 = {hw_addr0 = 0x0, hw_addr1 = 0x0, back = 0x0, device_id = 1968,
>> vendor_id = 5549, subsystem_device_id = 0, subsystem_vendor_id = 0,
>> adapter_stopped = 0, perm_addr = "\000\000\000\000\000", num_tx_queues = 1
>> '\001', num_rx_queues = 1 '\001', bufs_per_pkt = 1 '\001', cur_mtu = 0,
>> tqd_start = 0x0, rqd_start = 0x0, shared = 0x0, sharedPA = 0, queueDescPA =
>> 0, queue_desc_len = 0, rss_conf = 0x0, rss_confPA = 0, mf_table = 0x0}
>> (gdb)
>>
>> #define VMXNET3_PCI_BAR1_REG_ADDR(hw, reg) \
>> ((volatile uint32_t *)((char *)(hw)->hw_addr1 + (reg))) #define
>> VMXNET3_READ_BAR1_REG(hw, reg) \
>> vmxnet3_read_addr(VMXNET3_PCI_BAR1_REG_ADDR((hw), (reg)))
>> lib/librte_pmd_vmxnet3/vmxnet3_ethdev.h
>>
>> Issue not seen after enabling CONFIG_RTE_EAL_UNBIND_PORTS=y
>> ==================================================
>>
>> [root at localhost build]# ./l2fwd -c 0xf -b 0000:03:00.0 -n 1 -- -p 0x6
>> EAL: Detected lcore 0 as core 0 on socket 0
>> EAL: Detected lcore 1 as core 1 on socket 0
>> EAL: Detected lcore 2 as core 2 on socket 0
>> EAL: Detected lcore 3 as core 3 on socket 0
>> EAL: Skip lcore 4 (not detected)
>> EAL: Skip lcore 5 (not detected)
>> EAL: Skip lcore 6 (not detected)
>> EAL: Skip lcore 7 (not detected)
>> EAL: Skip lcore 8 (not detected)
>> EAL: Skip lcore 9 (not detected)
>> EAL: Skip lcore 10 (not detected)
>> EAL: Skip lcore 11 (not detected)
>> EAL: Skip lcore 12 (not detected)
>> EAL: Skip lcore 13 (not detected)
>> EAL: Skip lcore 14 (not detected)
>> EAL: Skip lcore 15 (not detected)
>> EAL: Skip lcore 16 (not detected)
>> EAL: Skip lcore 17 (not detected)
>> EAL: Skip lcore 18 (not detected)
>> EAL: Skip lcore 19 (not detected)
>> EAL: Skip lcore 20 (not detected)
>> EAL: Skip lcore 21 (not detected)
>> EAL: Skip lcore 22 (not detected)
>> EAL: Skip lcore 23 (not detected)
>> EAL: Skip lcore 24 (not detected)
>> EAL: Skip lcore 25 (not detected)
>> EAL: Skip lcore 26 (not detected)
>> EAL: Skip lcore 27 (not detected)
>> EAL: Skip lcore 28 (not detected)
>> EAL: Skip lcore 29 (not detected)
>> EAL: Skip lcore 30 (not detected)
>> EAL: Skip lcore 31 (not detected)
>> EAL: Skip lcore 32 (not detected)
>> EAL: Skip lcore 33 (not detected)
>> EAL: Skip lcore 34 (not detected)
>> EAL: Skip lcore 35 (not detected)
>> EAL: Skip lcore 36 (not detected)
>> EAL: Skip lcore 37 (not detected)
>> EAL: Skip lcore 38 (not detected)
>> EAL: Skip lcore 39 (not detected)
>> EAL: Skip lcore 40 (not detected)
>> EAL: Skip lcore 41 (not detected)
>> EAL: Skip lcore 42 (not detected)
>> EAL: Skip lcore 43 (not detected)
>> EAL: Skip lcore 44 (not detected)
>> EAL: Skip lcore 45 (not detected)
>> EAL: Skip lcore 46 (not detected)
>> EAL: Skip lcore 47 (not detected)
>> EAL: Skip lcore 48 (not detected)
>> EAL: Skip lcore 49 (not detected)
>> EAL: Skip lcore 50 (not detected)
>> EAL: Skip lcore 51 (not detected)
>> EAL: Skip lcore 52 (not detected)
>> EAL: Skip lcore 53 (not detected)
>> EAL: Skip lcore 54 (not detected)
>> EAL: Skip lcore 55 (not detected)
>> EAL: Skip lcore 56 (not detected)
>> EAL: Skip lcore 57 (not detected)
>> EAL: Skip lcore 58 (not detected)
>> EAL: Skip lcore 59 (not detected)
>> EAL: Skip lcore 60 (not detected)
>> EAL: Skip lcore 61 (not detected)
>> EAL: Skip lcore 62 (not detected)
>> EAL: Skip lcore 63 (not detected)
>> EAL: Setting up memory...
>> EAL: Ask a virtual area of 0x200000 bytes
>> EAL: Virtual area found at 0x7f3a76a00000 (size = 0x200000)
>> EAL: Ask a virtual area of 0x7c00000 bytes
>> EAL: Virtual area found at 0x7f3a6ec00000 (size = 0x7c00000)
>> EAL: Ask a virtual area of 0x200000 bytes
>> EAL: Virtual area found at 0x7f3a6e800000 (size = 0x200000)
>> EAL: Requesting 64 pages of size 2MB from socket 0
>> EAL: TSC frequency is ~2200000 KHz
>> EAL: Master core 0 is ready (tid=76cfe880)
>> EAL: Core 3 is ready (tid=6cffc700)
>> EAL: Core 1 is ready (tid=6dffe700)
>> EAL: Core 2 is ready (tid=6d7fd700)
>> EAL: PCI device 0000:03:00.0 on NUMA socket -1
>> EAL: probe driver: 15ad:7b0 rte_vmxnet3_pmd
>> EAL: Device is blacklisted, not initializing
>> EAL: PCI device 0000:0b:00.0 on NUMA socket -1
>> EAL: probe driver: 15ad:7b0 rte_vmxnet3_pmd
>> EAL: PCI memory mapped at 0x7f3a76d10000
>> EAL: PCI memory mapped at 0x7f3a76d0f000
>> EAL: PCI memory mapped at 0x7f3a76d0d000
>> EAL: PCI device 0000:13:00.0 on NUMA socket -1
>> EAL: probe driver: 15ad:7b0 rte_vmxnet3_pmd
>> EAL: PCI memory mapped at 0x7f3a76d0c000
>> EAL: PCI memory mapped at 0x7f3a76d0b000
>> EAL: PCI memory mapped at 0x7f3a76d09000
>> Notice: odd number of ports in portmask.
>> Lcore 0: RX port 1
>> Skipping disabled port 0
>> Initializing port 1... done:
>> Port 1, MAC address: 00:0C:29:F1:9D:A4
>>
>>
>> Checking link statusdone
>> Port 1 Link Up - speed 10000 Mbps - full-duplex
>> L2FWD: lcore 1 has nothing to do
>> L2FWD: lcore 2 has nothing to do
>> L2FWD: lcore 3 has nothing to do
>> L2FWD: entering main loop on lcore 0
>> L2FWD: -- lcoreid=0 portid=1
>>
>> Port statistics ====================================
>> Statistics for port 1 ------------------------------
>> Packets sent: 0
>> Packets received: 0
>> Packets dropped: 0
>> Statistics for port 2 ------------------------------
>> Packets sent: 0
>> Packets received: 0
>> Packets dropped: 0
>> Aggregate statistics ===============================
>> Total packets sent: 0
>> Total packets received: 0
>> Total packets dropped: 0
>> ====================================================
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 10:43 AM, Prashant Upadhyaya <prashant.upadhyaya at
>> aricent.com> wrote:
>>> Hi Srini,
>>>
>>> Yes, I am still stuck, I am using ESXi5.1 though and Fedora18 in Guest.
>>> Please let me know what is the guest OS distro you are using in the VM.
>>> I'll try with that once.
>>>
>>> Regards
>>> -Prashant
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Srinivasan J [mailto:srinidpdk at gmail.com]
>>> Sent: Friday, March 07, 2014 9:08 AM
>>> To: Prashant Upadhyaya
>>> Cc: David Marchand; dev at dpdk.org
>>> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] Which vmxnet3 pmd is to be used in dpdk 1.6.x?
>>>
>>> Prashant,
>>> Are you still hitting a crash? Do you have hugetlbfs
>>> enabled? if not try adding enabling hugetlbfs. I was able to get
>>> vxnet3 up using the vmxnet3 pmd alone in DPDK 1.60r1. I did not use
>>> the vmxnet3-usermap kernel driver. I am using Esxi 5.5
>>>
>>> Eg: echo 1024 > /proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages; mkdir /huge; mount -t
>>> hugetlbfs nodev /huge;
>>>
>>> On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 12:48 PM, Prashant Upadhyaya <prashant.upadhyaya at
>>> aricent.com> wrote:
>>>> And if it is any help, here is the startup log --
>>>>
>>>> EAL: Detected lcore 0 as core 0 on socket 0
>>>> EAL: Detected lcore 1 as core 1 on socket 0
>>>> EAL: Detected lcore 2 as core 2 on socket 0
>>>> EAL: Detected lcore 3 as core 3 on socket 0
>>>> EAL: Detected lcore 4 as core 4 on socket 0
>>>> EAL: Detected lcore 5 as core 5 on socket 0
>>>> EAL: Detected lcore 6 as core 6 on socket 0
>>>> EAL: Detected lcore 7 as core 7 on socket 0
>>>> EAL: Skip lcore 8 (not detected)
>>>> EAL: Skip lcore 9 (not detected)
>>>> EAL: Skip lcore 10 (not detected)
>>>> EAL: Skip lcore 11 (not detected)
>>>> EAL: Skip lcore 12 (not detected)
>>>> EAL: Skip lcore 13 (not detected)
>>>> EAL: Skip lcore 14 (not detected)
>>>> EAL: Skip lcore 15 (not detected)
>>>> EAL: Skip lcore 16 (not detected)
>>>> EAL: Skip lcore 17 (not detected)
>>>> EAL: Skip lcore 18 (not detected)
>>>> EAL: Skip lcore 19 (not detected)
>>>> EAL: Skip lcore 20 (not detected)
>>>> EAL: Skip lcore 21 (not detected)
>>>> EAL: Skip lcore 22 (not detected)
>>>> EAL: Skip lcore 23 (not detected)
>>>> EAL: Skip lcore 24 (not detected)
>>>> EAL: Skip lcore 25 (not detected)
>>>> EAL: Skip lcore 26 (not detected)
>>>> EAL: Skip lcore 27 (not detected)
>>>> EAL: Skip lcore 28 (not detected)
>>>> EAL: Skip lcore 29 (not detected)
>>>> EAL: Skip lcore 30 (not detected)
>>>> EAL: Skip lcore 31 (not detected)
>>>> EAL: Skip lcore 32 (not detected)
>>>> EAL: Skip lcore 33 (not detected)
>>>> EAL: Skip lcore 34 (not detected)
>>>> EAL: Skip lcore 35 (not detected)
>>>> EAL: Skip lcore 36 (not detected)
>>>> EAL: Skip lcore 37 (not detected)
>>>> EAL: Skip lcore 38 (not detected)
>>>> EAL: Skip lcore 39 (not detected)
>>>> EAL: Skip lcore 40 (not detected)
>>>> EAL: Skip lcore 41 (not detected)
>>>> EAL: Skip lcore 42 (not detected)
>>>> EAL: Skip lcore 43 (not detected)
>>>> EAL: Skip lcore 44 (not detected)
>>>> EAL: Skip lcore 45 (not detected)
>>>> EAL: Skip lcore 46 (not detected)
>>>> EAL: Skip lcore 47 (not detected)
>>>> EAL: Skip lcore 48 (not detected)
>>>> EAL: Skip lcore 49 (not detected)
>>>> EAL: Skip lcore 50 (not detected)
>>>> EAL: Skip lcore 51 (not detected)
>>>> EAL: Skip lcore 52 (not detected)
>>>> EAL: Skip lcore 53 (not detected)
>>>> EAL: Skip lcore 54 (not detected)
>>>> EAL: Skip lcore 55 (not detected)
>>>> EAL: Skip lcore 56 (not detected)
>>>> EAL: Skip lcore 57 (not detected)
>>>> EAL: Skip lcore 58 (not detected)
>>>> EAL: Skip lcore 59 (not detected)
>>>> EAL: Skip lcore 60 (not detected)
>>>> EAL: Skip lcore 61 (not detected)
>>>> EAL: Skip lcore 62 (not detected)
>>>> EAL: Skip lcore 63 (not detected)
>>>> EAL: Setting up memory...
>>>> EAL: Ask a virtual area of 0x80000000 bytes
>>>> EAL: Virtual area found at 0x7f848ae00000 (size = 0x80000000)
>>>> EAL: Requesting 1024 pages of size 2MB from socket 0
>>>> EAL: TSC frequency is ~2000000 KHz
>>>> EAL: Master core 0 is ready (tid=b3f3f00)
>>>> EAL: Core 1 is ready (tid=8a1f2700)
>>>> EAL: Core 2 is ready (tid=899f1700)
>>>> EAL: Core 3 is ready (tid=891f0700)
>>>> EAL: Core 4 is ready (tid=889ef700)
>>>> EAL: Core 5 is ready (tid=7bfff700)
>>>> EAL: Core 6 is ready (tid=7b7fe700)
>>>> EAL: Core 7 is ready (tid=7affd700)
>>>> Pool initialized
>>>> Global Variables initialized
>>>> PMD: rte_vmxnet3_pmd_init(): >>
>>>> EAL: PCI device 0000:0b:00.0 on NUMA socket -1
>>>> EAL: probe driver: 15ad:7b0 rte_vmxnet3_pmd
>>>> PMD: eth_vmxnet3_dev_init(): >>
>>>> Segmentation fault (core dumped)
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces at dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Prashant
>>>> Upadhyaya
>>>> Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2014 12:20 PM
>>>> To: David Marchand
>>>> Cc: dev at dpdk.org
>>>> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] Which vmxnet3 pmd is to be used in dpdk 1.6.x?
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> Some further update on the crash I am facing.
>>>> I am using DPDK1.6.0r1 and take over the vmxnet3 with igb_uio and
>>>> then start the application. (so no external ko or vmxnet usermap
>>>> etc.) During the port initializations, the crash is happening in the
>>>> following function -
>>>>
>>>> eth_vmxnet3_dev_init
>>>>
>>>> and the crash is happening at the following line -
>>>> /* Check h/w version compatibility with driver. */
>>>> ver = VMXNET3_READ_BAR1_REG(hw, VMXNET3_REG_VRRS);
>>>>
>>>> Any hints regarding what could be wrong ?
>>>>
>>>> Regards
>>>> -Prashant
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> From: Prashant Upadhyaya
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2014 9:01 PM
>>>> To: 'David Marchand'
>>>> Cc: Srinivasan J; dev at dpdk.org
>>>> Subject: RE: [dpdk-dev] Which vmxnet3 pmd is to be used in dpdk 1.6.x?
>>>>
>>>> Hi David,
>>>>
>>>> The compilation error with debug flags on was that the functions --
>>>> vmxnet3_txq_dump, vmxnet3_rxq_dump - are defined but not used.
>>>> Not a serious error, I will try to get rid of the compiler flag which
>>>> generates this.
>>>>
>>>> However, I must reiterate, I _did_ bind my vmxnet3 device with igb_uio
>>>> (and I did not use any .so, because I was intending to use the builtin
>>>> vmxnet3 driver of dpdk 1.6.0r1), the bind succeeded, but then when I
>>>> started the application, the dev init for vmxnet3 gave a core dump.
>>>> Your patch and solution seems to be suggesting the reverse, i.e. when I
>>>> don't bind with igb_uio but try to use the native driver. So please do try
>>>> the above combination as well.
>>>>
>>>> Regards
>>>> -Prashant
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> From: David Marchand [mailto:david.marchand at 6wind.com]
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2014 8:41 PM
>>>> To: Prashant Upadhyaya
>>>> Cc: Srinivasan J; dev at dpdk.org<mailto:dev at dpdk.org>
>>>> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] Which vmxnet3 pmd is to be used in dpdk 1.6.x?
>>>>
>>>> Hello Prashant,
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 3:28 PM, Prashant Upadhyaya <prashant.upadhyaya at
>>>> aricent.com<mailto:prashant.upadhyaya at aricent.com>> wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I am also keen to know the answer to the question posted by Srini.
>>>> The real question is -- is dpdk1.6.0r1 self-sufficient so that I don't
>>>> need any extensions etc., or do I still need something from outside like
>>>> the usermap kernel driver etc.
>>>>
>>>> Secondly, if I turn on all the debug options for the vmxnet3 pmd in the
>>>> config file, 1.6.0r1 compilation runs into a problem and reports a
>>>> function which is defined but not used.
>>>>
>>>> Can you send your build error ? (maybe in a separate thread ?)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I am trying to bring up DPDK inside Fedora18 Guest on ESXi -- when I used
>>>> DPDK1.6.0r1 (without debug options turned on for vmxnet3 pmd) the igb_uio
>>>> could take over the vmxnet3 NIC but I encountered a core dump in the dev
>>>> init function for the vmxnet3 driver -- anybody encountered a similar
>>>> issue ?
>>>>
>>>> I encountered these problems as well.
>>>>
>>>> - igb_uio module does not check if you disable vmxnet3-uio pmds, it will
>>>> always try to take over vmxnet3 devices.
>>>> I have a patch waiting in my working dir to cleanly disable vmxnet3-uio
>>>> pmd.
>>>>
>>>> - If you don't bind vmxnet3 devices to uio, but forget to enable
>>>> vmxnet3-usermap pmd (by specifiying -d librte_pmd_vmxnet3.so), then
>>>> internal vmxnet3-uio pmd will try to initialise and crash.
>>>> I did not look any deeper into this, the easiest way is to disable
>>>> vmxnet3-uio pmd + apply the patch I will send in a few minutes, as a first
>>>> workaround.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> --
>>>> David Marchand
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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