From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
Return-Path: <cyril.cressent@intel.com>
Received: from mga02.intel.com (mga02.intel.com [134.134.136.20])
 by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3AA1C688B
 for <dev@dpdk.org>; Tue,  5 Nov 2013 17:03:55 +0100 (CET)
Received: from orsmga002.jf.intel.com ([10.7.209.21])
 by orsmga101.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 05 Nov 2013 08:04:43 -0800
X-ExtLoop1: 1
X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.93,535,1378882800"; d="scan'208";a="430162967"
Received: from cccressen-mobl4.ger.corp.intel.com (HELO debian)
 ([10.237.220.107])
 by orsmga002.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 05 Nov 2013 08:04:37 -0800
Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2013 16:04:37 +0000
From: Cyril Cressent <cyril.cressent@intel.com>
To: Jyotiswarup Raiturkar <jyotisr5@googlemail.com>
Message-ID: <20131105160437.GK26200@debian>
Mail-Followup-To: Jyotiswarup Raiturkar <jyotisr5@googlemail.com>,
 "dev@dpdk.org" <dev@dpdk.org>
References: <CAJn5u1mMHhg+k4ExoSCJinWUvBTXhkcJK=d9JXnSruFZ6e=HSg@mail.gmail.com>
 <20131105122319.GA26200@debian>
 <CAJn5u1m5wgm3XrNGCkpgQSnLeVeoTQ=BGJHuuATpuaZZmUSYhQ@mail.gmail.com>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Disposition: inline
In-Reply-To: <CAJn5u1m5wgm3XrNGCkpgQSnLeVeoTQ=BGJHuuATpuaZZmUSYhQ@mail.gmail.com>
Organization: Intel Shannon, Dromore House, East Park, Shannon, Ireland
User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15)
Cc: "dev@dpdk.org" <dev@dpdk.org>
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] pci_unbind.py failure
X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15
Precedence: list
List-Id: patches and discussions about DPDK <dev.dpdk.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://dpdk.org/ml/options/dev>,
 <mailto:dev-request@dpdk.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/>
List-Post: <mailto:dev@dpdk.org>
List-Help: <mailto:dev-request@dpdk.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://dpdk.org/ml/listinfo/dev>,
 <mailto:dev-request@dpdk.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2013 16:03:55 -0000

On Tue, Nov 05, 2013 at 08:01:06PM +0530, Jyotiswarup Raiturkar wrote:

> Thanks for the quick reply. I saw some definitions of e1000_phy_82579 hence
> I thought (hoped) the NIC would be supported. I will try to run my dpdk app
> inside a VM with an emulated e1000 NIC (just to test the code ..).

As a general rule, even if you find references to a NIC in the poll mode
drivers, if it's not listed in lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_pci_dev_ids.h
then consider the NIC as not supported.

Good luck with the VM,

Cyril