Ping... This patch has been sitting^Hrotting for a bit over a month.
> DPDK ports are only detected during the EAL initialization. After that, any > new DPDK ports which are bound will not be visible to the application. > > The dpdk_nic_bind.py can be a bit more helpful to let users know that DPDK > enabled applications will not find rebound ports until after they have been > restarted. > > Signed-off-by: Aaron Conole <aconole at redhat.com> > > --- > tools/dpdk_nic_bind.py | 8 ++++++++ > 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/tools/dpdk_nic_bind.py b/tools/dpdk_nic_bind.py > index f02454e..ca39389 100755 > --- a/tools/dpdk_nic_bind.py > +++ b/tools/dpdk_nic_bind.py > @@ -344,8 +344,10 @@ def bind_one(dev_id, driver, force): > dev["Driver_str"] = "" # clear driver string > > # if we are binding to one of DPDK drivers, add PCI id's to that driver > + bDpdkDriver = False > if driver in dpdk_drivers: > filename = "/sys/bus/pci/drivers/%s/new_id" % driver > + bDpdkDriver = True > try: > f = open(filename, "w") > except: > @@ -371,12 +373,18 @@ def bind_one(dev_id, driver, force): > try: > f.write(dev_id) > f.close() > + if bDpdkDriver: > + print "Device rebound to dpdk driver." > + print "Remember to restart any application that will use this > port." > except: > # for some reason, closing dev_id after adding a new PCI ID to new_id > # results in IOError. however, if the device was successfully bound, > # we don't care for any errors and can safely ignore IOError > tmp = get_pci_device_details(dev_id) > if "Driver_str" in tmp and tmp["Driver_str"] == driver: > + if bDpdkDriver: > + print "Device rebound to dpdk driver." > + print "Remember to restart any application that will use > this port." > return > print "Error: bind failed for %s - Cannot bind to driver %s" % > (dev_id, driver) > if saved_driver is not None: # restore any previous driver