Acked-by: Vladimir Medvedkin <vladimir.medved...@intel.com>
On 24/02/2025 15:26, Bruce Richardson wrote:
Document the additional step necessary to create large VFs for iavf when
using ice kernel driver v1.13.7 or later.
Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richard...@intel.com>
---
doc/guides/nics/intel_vf.rst | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/intel_vf.rst b/doc/guides/nics/intel_vf.rst
index 708cb85417..eb939df41a 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/intel_vf.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/intel_vf.rst
@@ -138,6 +138,11 @@ Intel\ |reg| E800 Series Ethernet devices:
for example: ``-a 18:00.0,quanta_size=2048``.
The default value is 1024, and quanta size should be set as the product of
64 in legacy host interface mode.
+* When using the Intel out-of-tree "ice" PF/kernel driver v1.13.7 or later,
+ to create VFs with >16 queues (aka. "large VFs"),
+ it is necessary to change the rss_lut_vf_addr setting in sysfs from the
default of 64 to 512.
+ This can be done using the following command for the first VF on an
interface:
+ ``echo 512 > /sys/class/net/<PF interface>/device/virtfn0/rss_lut_vf_attr``
The PCIE host-interface of Intel Ethernet Switch FM10000 Series VF infrastructure
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Regards,
Vladimir
