https://bugs.dpdk.org/show_bug.cgi?id=391
Bug ID: 391 Summary: The dpdk-devbind.py tool crashes if some NIC property contains a unicode character - Patch proposal Product: DPDK Version: 19.11 Hardware: All OS: Linux Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: Normal Component: other Assignee: dev@dpdk.org Reporter: pierrick.lo...@orange.com Target Milestone: --- Created attachment 82 --> https://bugs.dpdk.org/attachment.cgi?id=82&action=edit Error + Correction patch proposed Calling the dpdk-devbind.py tool may crash with the following message: UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc2 in position 17: ordinal not in range(128) Actually this happens when one of the network cards shows a non ascii code in one of its properties. The failure occurs whether or not the NIC in cause is concerned by the current action. Example of a mellanox card with attribute 'Subsystem: Mellanox Technologies ConnectX®-5'. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.