"VFIO group is not viable" error message is correct
but not very user friendly for something which can
usually be easily rectified.
Add some additional text to give more of a hint.
Signed-off-by: Kevin Traynor <ktray...@redhat.com>
---
lib/librte_eal/linux/eal/eal_vfio.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linux/eal/eal_vfio.c
b/lib/librte_eal/linux/eal/eal_vfio.c
index 19e70bb66..6892a2c14 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/linux/eal/eal_vfio.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/linux/eal/eal_vfio.c
@@ -686,5 +686,7 @@ rte_vfio_setup_device(const char *sysfs_base, const char
*dev_addr,
return -1;
} else if (!(group_status.flags & VFIO_GROUP_FLAGS_VIABLE)) {
- RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, " %s VFIO group is not viable!\n", dev_addr);
+ RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, " %s VFIO group is not viable! "
+ "Not all devices in IOMMU group bound to VFIO
or unbound\n",
+ dev_addr);
close(vfio_group_fd);
rte_vfio_clear_group(vfio_group_fd);
--
2.20.1
