From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-wr0-f171.google.com (mail-wr0-f171.google.com [209.85.128.171]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC3421B81B for ; Mon, 9 Apr 2018 17:08:05 +0200 (CEST) Received: by mail-wr0-f171.google.com with SMTP id d1so9917541wrj.13 for ; Mon, 09 Apr 2018 08:08:05 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=6wind-com.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-disposition:content-transfer-encoding:in-reply-to; bh=xxOP7DcNqOxU0eDY24OJrD6cIQQTufrYrSvaWGAIVV8=; b=P8jkaCQYEsuTeMkUIceZe1TC5GW8TsRIahZICRLk0ZkVym63Y3tk2MEpAxx+Zu+Hpn NC2o2allDxVV30rU6vaWNbAU66ARtB8cwt9QwEN7owG4HHrHvJAmDI++aGSevQLOXzsh RtFGtHndDlt+pKnSW1Jz0bwMu1CRn6BQH3jrvVwqJsdsfSIPc1NGPcU1gn++UDYkfytz 3FZrhnF70sYaSmSpEd5U2D9jhUqNnWVJUYyudAV8j9NUf3Uwb0cJMJlacbxJk2lbeEY6 p7XVT3e+sNXMMBxi/tERUMK/Bz6G0V1vkd8fyqExRZo6gFQtxGG1z8VO70RokSn3gobn oXPQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references :mime-version:content-disposition:content-transfer-encoding :in-reply-to; bh=xxOP7DcNqOxU0eDY24OJrD6cIQQTufrYrSvaWGAIVV8=; b=Ek9wzOoep33886iJjkWmCJcIQ6JW8rdScb1JTYBYpMXC0NpJg2iyL79jDgfGClVTWQ W7YWnUXKyhuGT0MoG25gOKraiUrLLV3SyIJ2qFQF3Rrnlic6Je+YgDB7bs/n957bZm1c 5a9T8DXEepliaCw+/5GaKIC5SNo3v6WpDoj3mMKlsaz+eID9GgCJZTcFnmTvHxqehZ6P /boZmY0u+i7GEWw0ps1uRYb5eoLHhF1B0JjCsU1eLx1SLJd1xoAFq1Q1IogqlFTIUW2j dbwZPDWvIeMoWFsSwxEh0CH5PhtGEEmp6QThLCgYz1+sXl6BcCWSmqSN4s7dd/GGO5Ls 7bXg== X-Gm-Message-State: AElRT7G7qiYc//Nm7TmHsJSkt9ow0BP26gLN2Y8MIvzJ2MOxZO18IFMi Ajyk+0QDySbuCl/aCEQBRPy8Bw== X-Google-Smtp-Source: AIpwx49IvpxlTJv6wHmrG3YSxyE3poXoEEHdM/iubLS2O+CyfoSc5L8rmijObJAtJdhxoLSORyd/mQ== X-Received: by 10.223.209.198 with SMTP id m6mr27939459wri.267.1523286485476; Mon, 09 Apr 2018 08:08:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from 6wind.com (host.78.145.23.62.rev.coltfrance.com. [62.23.145.78]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id z133sm1091495wmg.28.2018.04.09.08.08.04 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Mon, 09 Apr 2018 08:08:04 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2018 17:07:51 +0200 From: Adrien Mazarguil To: Marcelo Ricardo Leitner Cc: dev@dpdk.org, Timothy Redaelli Message-ID: <20180409150751.GC4957@6wind.com> References: <20180403175938.GA23889@localhost.localdomain> <20180405092621.GI4957@6wind.com> <20180408212750.GA27045@localhost.localdomain> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <20180408212750.GA27045@localhost.localdomain> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] Question on documentation / Mellanox ConnectX-3 X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2018 15:08:05 -0000 On Sun, Apr 08, 2018 at 06:27:50PM -0300, Marcelo Ricardo Leitner wrote: > On Thu, Apr 05, 2018 at 11:26:21AM +0200, Adrien Mazarguil wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 03, 2018 at 02:59:38PM -0300, Marcelo Ricardo Leitner wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > http://docs.openvswitch.org/en/latest/howto/dpdk/ says: > > > > > > Some NICs (i.e. Mellanox ConnectX-3) have only one PCI address > > > associated with multiple ports. Using a PCI device like above won’t > > > work. Instead, below usage is suggested: > > > > > > $ ovs-vsctl add-port br0 dpdk-p0 -- set Interface dpdk-p0 type=dpdk \ > > > options:dpdk-devargs="class=eth,mac=00:11:22:33:44:55:01" > > > $ ovs-vsctl add-port br0 dpdk-p1 -- set Interface dpdk-p1 type=dpdk \ > > > options:dpdk-devargs="class=eth,mac=00:11:22:33:44:55:02" > > > > > > But these MACs are 7 bytes long. Seems the idea was to mention the two > > > incremental MAC addresses that the ports have, and thus the ':55' > > > should have been removed from there, right? > > > > > > Reading the code, it doesn't seem prepared to handle the extra byte in > > > any (special) way. > > > > After a quick glance at the original patch [1], I confirm it looks like a > > mistake in the OVS documentation. MAC addresses should be 6 bytes long, the > > 7th byte is not a workaround to identify a physical port like I initially > > thought. > > > > As you pointed out, since default MAC addresses on mlx4 ports are normally > > incremental, documentation should read something like: > > > > $ ovs-vsctl add-port br0 dpdk-p0 -- set Interface dpdk-p0 type=dpdk \ > > options:dpdk-devargs="class=eth,mac=00:11:22:33:44:55" > > $ ovs-vsctl add-port br0 dpdk-p1 -- set Interface dpdk-p1 type=dpdk \ > > options:dpdk-devargs="class=eth,mac=00:11:22:33:44:56" > > > > [1] https://github.com/openvswitch/ovs/commit/5e7588186839 > > Thanks Adrien. Question now is, who can fix the doc? Someone should submit a request or patch pointing to this thread to the documentation maintainer of OVS. Since it's a different project there's not much I can do from the DPDK side. -- Adrien Mazarguil 6WIND