On Wed, 11 Apr 2018 12:01:09 +0000 "Weglicki, MichalX" <michalx.wegli...@intel.com> wrote:
> Hello, > > I'm trying to test very simple scenario, creating two VFs and testing it with > test-pmd. Unfortunately I can't make it to work > DPDK Version: v17.11 (I've checked also 18.02) > NIC: Niantic 82599ES 10-Gigabit SFI/SFP+ Network Connection 10fb > Kernel: 4.4.0-116-generic #140-Ubuntu SMP Mon Feb 12 21:23:04 UTC 2018 x86_64 > x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux > > Steps: > Creating two VFs. Binding each VF to a driver (I also tried vfio_pci with > same results): > ../dpdk/usertools/dpdk-devbind.py --bind=igb_uio 0000:81:10.0 > ../dpdk/usertools/dpdk-devbind.py --bind=igb_uio 0000:81:10.1 > > ./testpmd -c 0x3 -n 4 --socket-mem 512 -- --burst=64 -i --txqflags=0xf00 > --disable-hw-vlan > EAL: Detected 56 lcore(s) > EAL: Probing VFIO support... > EAL: VFIO support initialized > EAL: PCI device 0000:03:00.0 on NUMA socket -1 > EAL: Invalid NUMA socket, default to 0 > EAL: probe driver: 8086:1521 net_e1000_igb > EAL: PCI device 0000:03:00.3 on NUMA socket -1 > EAL: Invalid NUMA socket, default to 0 > EAL: probe driver: 8086:1521 net_e1000_igb > EAL: PCI device 0000:05:00.0 on NUMA socket -1 > EAL: Invalid NUMA socket, default to 0 > EAL: probe driver: 8086:10fb net_ixgbe > EAL: PCI device 0000:05:00.1 on NUMA socket -1 > EAL: Invalid NUMA socket, default to 0 > EAL: probe driver: 8086:10fb net_ixgbe > EAL: PCI device 0000:81:00.0 on NUMA socket -1 > EAL: Invalid NUMA socket, default to 0 > EAL: probe driver: 8086:10fb net_ixgbe > EAL: PCI device 0000:81:00.1 on NUMA socket -1 > EAL: Invalid NUMA socket, default to 0 > EAL: probe driver: 8086:10fb net_ixgbe > EAL: PCI device 0000:81:10.0 on NUMA socket -1 > EAL: Invalid NUMA socket, default to 0 > EAL: probe driver: 8086:10ed net_ixgbe_vf > PMD: eth_ixgbevf_dev_init(): VF Initialization Failure: -15 > EAL: Requested device 0000:81:10.0 cannot be used > EAL: PCI device 0000:81:10.1 on NUMA socket -1 > EAL: Invalid NUMA socket, default to 0 > EAL: probe driver: 8086:10ed net_ixgbe_vf > PMD: eth_ixgbevf_dev_init(): VF Initialization Failure: -15 > EAL: Requested device 0000:81:10.1 cannot be used > EAL: PCI device 0000:83:00.0 on NUMA socket -1 > EAL: Invalid NUMA socket, default to 0 > EAL: probe driver: 8086:10fb net_ixgbe > EAL: PCI device 0000:83:00.1 on NUMA socket -1 > EAL: Invalid NUMA socket, default to 0 > EAL: probe driver: 8086:10fb net_ixgbe > EAL: No probed ethernet devices > Interactive-mode selected > > I've investigated the issue, and the problem is with: > diag = hw->mac.ops.reset_hw(hw); > which calls: > e1000_reset_hw_vf > and it calls: > e1000_read_posted_mbx > Which returns: E1000_ERR_MBX (-15) > > Is this common issue, or some configuration problem? > > Thank you all in advance. > > Br, > Michal. What host? It could be that ixgbevf communication (over mailbox) is not supported by the older PF driver on the host.
