NFP devices can not handle DMA addresses requiring more than 40 bits. This patch uses rte_dev_check_dma_mask with 40 bits and avoids device initialization if memory out of NFP range.
Applicable to v17.11.3 only. Signed-off-by: Alejandro Lucero <alejandro.luc...@netronome.com> Acked-by: Eelco Chaudron <echau...@redhat.com> --- drivers/net/nfp/nfp_net.c | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/net/nfp/nfp_net.c b/drivers/net/nfp/nfp_net.c index d9cd047..8fc1b8f 100644 --- a/drivers/net/nfp/nfp_net.c +++ b/drivers/net/nfp/nfp_net.c @@ -2649,6 +2649,14 @@ uint32_t nfp_net_txq_full(struct nfp_net_txq *txq) pci_dev = RTE_ETH_DEV_TO_PCI(eth_dev); + /* NFP can not handle DMA addresses requiring more than 40 bits */ + if (rte_eal_check_dma_mask(40) < 0) { + RTE_LOG(INFO, PMD, "device %s can not be used:", + pci_dev->device.name); + RTE_LOG(INFO, PMD, "\trestricted dma mask to 40 bits!\n"); + return -ENODEV; + }; + if ((pci_dev->id.device_id == PCI_DEVICE_ID_NFP4000_PF_NIC) || (pci_dev->id.device_id == PCI_DEVICE_ID_NFP6000_PF_NIC)) { port = get_pf_port_number(eth_dev->data->name); -- 1.9.1