[dpdk-dev] Error message "virtio-net device is already used by another driver"

2013-12-06 Thread Srinivasan J
Thomas, If I use hugetlbfs the VM does not crash and it works as expected. This is good enough and unblocks me. Thanks for the help. Regards, Srini echo 1024 > /proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages mkdir /huge mount -t hugetlbfs nodev /huge rmmod virtio_net ./build/app/testpmd -c 0x3 -n 1 --use-

[dpdk-dev] Error message "virtio-net device is already used by another driver"

2013-12-05 Thread Srinivasan J
Thomas, Thanks for the reply. I loaded the virtio_net module and then tried executing testpmd, but the entire VM crashed. Let me know if you want me to collect any specific data. [root at localhost ~]# lsmod Module Size Used by fuse 76063 3 ppdev

[dpdk-dev] Error message "virtio-net device is already used by another driver"

2013-12-05 Thread Thomas Monjalon
05/12/2013 16:19, Srinivasan J : > tried executing testpmd, but the entire VM crashed. Booting a VM, removing virtio_net module and following the doc should work: http://dpdk.org/doc/virtio-net-pmd If it doesn't work, we need some logs to understand your problem. -- Thomas

[dpdk-dev] Error message "virtio-net device is already used by another driver"

2013-12-05 Thread Thomas Monjalon
Hello, 04/12/2013 05:37, Srinivasan J : > I am getting the "virtio-net device is already used by another driver" Could you try "rmmod virtio_net" ? Please tell us if it solves your problem. -- Thomas

[dpdk-dev] Error message "virtio-net device is already used by another driver"

2013-12-04 Thread Srinivasan J
I am using Virtual Box Version 4.2.18 r88780, dpdk-1.5.1r1 and Fedora 19 with 3.11.9 kernel. I have one e1000 and one virtio-net NIC eth2 and eth3 respectively. eth2 is used for ssh access to the VM. I am trying to get testpmd working on eth3 using the librte_pmd_virtio.so driver. I have changed th