> -----Original Message-----
> From: PATRICK KEROULAS <patrick.kerou...@radio-canada.ca>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 2, 2020 22:18
> To: Slava Ovsiienko <viachesl...@mellanox.com>
> Cc: dev@dpdk.org; Vivien Didelot <vivien.dide...@gmail.com>; Shahaf
> Shuler <shah...@mellanox.com>; Raslan Darawsheh
> <rasl...@mellanox.com>; Matan Azrad <ma...@mellanox.com>
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] mlx5 & pdump: convert HW timestamps to
> nanoseconds
>
> On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 12:00 PM Slava Ovsiienko
> <viachesl...@mellanox.com> wrote:
> > ConnectX HW timestamp is the captured value of internal 64-bit counter
> > running at the frequency, reported in the device_frequency_khz field of
> struct mlx5_ifc_cmd_hca_cap_bits{}.
> > This structure is queried in mlx5_devx_cmd_query_hca_attr() routine.
>
> I can't query this because "DevX is NOT supported".
> As a matter of fact, mlx5dv_open_device() returns NULL.
> Not sure if this limitation comes from HW/firmware config or capability.
> * rdma-code, libibverbs-dev: 28.0
> * NIC Part Number: MCX516A-CDA_Ax
> * ConnectX-5 Ex EN
> * FW: 16.25.1020
It looks like outdated firmware, please:
- update the firmware - at least 16.27.2008 is GA. I would recommend to install
OFED - it updates the FW
- make sure the UCTX_EN option in FW configuration is set to "true"
With best regards, Slava
