Hi Shankari, First, in order to use network interfaces in dpdk, you need to stop them. That's why you see 'Routing table indicates that interface 0000:00:08.0 is active. Not modifying' message when you bind them to igb. You can stop them with 'ifconfig ... down' command.
Second, after you successfully bind at least a pair of ports to igb driver, they will disappear from ifconfig output as these network interfaces are no longer controlled by the kernel. That means that the traffic coming though the interfaces controlled by igb driver should be handled with custom programmed dataplane that the dpdk application (like l2fwd) implements. You can refer to the documentation on dpdk, which is available here: http://dpdk.org/doc/guides/ 18.03.2015 22:39, Shankari Vaidyalingam ?????: > Hi, > > I'm trying to test the l2fwd sample application by passing packets from > traffic generator. > I'm doing this testing in a VM with a configuration hav?ing virtual NIC > port. > When I bind the virtual NIC port with the igb driver, the interface doesnt > get listed in the "ifconfig" output. > Also the virtual NIC port fails to receive packets from the traffic > generator after the interface is bound to igb driver. > Please let me know whether this is the expected behavior and also let me > know how I can make the traffic pass through the port > bound to the igb driver. > > While starting the VM the interfaces currently active: > > controller at controller-VirtualBox:~$ ifconfig -a > eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 08:00:27:21:a9:02 > inet addr:192.168.56.101 Bcast:192.168.56.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 > inet6 addr: fe80::a00:27ff:fe21:a902/64 Scope:Link > UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 > RX packets:2 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:70 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 > RX bytes:1180 (1.1 KB) TX bytes:14504 (14.5 KB) > > eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 08:00:27:ef:8b:a1 > inet addr:192.168.56.101 Bcast:192.168.56.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 > inet6 addr: fe80::a00:27ff:feef:8ba1/64 Scope:Link > UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 > RX packets:2 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:80 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 > RX bytes:1180 (1.1 KB) TX bytes:15132 (15.1 KB) > > eth2 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 08:00:27:bc:04:b6 > inet addr:10.0.2.15 Bcast:10.0.2.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 > inet6 addr: fe80::a00:27ff:febc:4b6/64 Scope:Link > UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 > RX packets:150 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:215 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 > RX bytes:12304 (12.3 KB) TX bytes:25233 (25.2 KB) > > eth4 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 08:00:27:b7:3a:25 > inet6 addr: fe80::a00:27ff:feb7:3a25/64 Scope:Link > UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 > RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:196 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 > RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:44609 (44.6 KB) > > lo Link encap:Local Loopback > inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 > inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host > UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:65536 Metric:1 > RX packets:300 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:300 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 > RX bytes:18580 (18.5 KB) TX bytes:18580 (18.5 KB) > > > After executing this command >>>> > > > controller at controller-VirtualBox:~/dpdk-1.7.1$ sudo insmod > $RTE_SDK/$RTE_TARGET/kmod/igb_uio.ko > controller at controller-VirtualBox:~/dpdk-1.7.1$ sudo > $RTE_SDK/tools/dpdk_nic_bind.py --bind=igb_uio 00:08.0 00:09.0 00:0a.0 > Routing table indicates that interface 0000:00:08.0 is active. Not modifying > Routing table indicates that interface 0000:00:09.0 is active. Not modifying > controller at controller-VirtualBox:~/dpdk-1.7.1$ sudo > $RTE_SDK/tools/dpdk_nic_bind.py --status > > Network devices using DPDK-compatible driver > ============================================ > 0000:00:0a.0 '82545EM Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Copper)' drv=igb_uio > unused=e1000 > > Network devices using kernel driver > =================================== > 0000:00:08.0 '82545EM Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Copper)' if=eth0 > drv=e1000 unused=igb_uio *Active* > 0000:00:09.0 '82545EM Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Copper)' if=eth1 > drv=e1000 unused=igb_uio *Active* > 0000:00:11.0 '82545EM Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Copper)' if=eth2 > drv=e1000 unused=igb_uio *Active* > > Other network devices > ===================== > <none> > > got the below output: > > > > > > > > controller at controller-VirtualBox:~$ ifconfig eth4 >>> Corresponds to the > interface bound to igb driver > > eth4: error fetching interface information: Device not found > controller at controller-VirtualBox:~$ ifconfig eth2 > eth2 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 08:00:27:bc:04:b6 > inet addr:10.0.2.15 Bcast:10.0.2.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 > inet6 addr: fe80::a00:27ff:febc:4b6/64 Scope:Link > UP BROADCAST RUNNING PROMISC MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 > RX packets:197 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:271 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 > RX bytes:15864 (15.8 KB) TX bytes:30592 (30.5 KB) > > controller at controller-VirtualBox:~$ ifconfig eth1 > eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 08:00:27:ef:8b:a1 > inet addr:192.168.56.101 Bcast:192.168.56.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 > inet6 addr: fe80::a00:27ff:feef:8ba1/64 Scope:Link > UP BROADCAST RUNNING PROMISC MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 > RX packets:2 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:90 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 > RX bytes:1180 (1.1 KB) TX bytes:17162 (17.1 KB)aff > > > After this when I send traffic with this MAC >>> 080027b73a25 > traffic does not flow to this interface > > Regards > Shankari.V -- Sincerely, Yerden Zhumabekov State Technical Service Astana, KZ
