[dpdk-users] Intel XVV710- i40e dpdk-devbind error "Set default VSI failed, err I40E_ERR_ADMIN_QUEUE_ERROR"

[dpdk-users] Intel XVV710- i40e dpdk-devbind error "Set default VSI failed, err I40E_ERR_ADMIN_QUEUE_ERROR"

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Hi dpdk-users!

I have some new 25G cards:
Intel Corporation Ethernet Network Adapter XXV710-2

I am using the latest i40e driver

filename:
/lib/modules/3.10.0-862.11.6.el7.x86_64/updates/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e.ko
version:        2.4.10
license:        GPL
description:    Intel(R) 40-10 Gigabit Ethernet Connection Network Driver
author:         Intel Corporation, <e1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net>
retpoline:      Y

When I try to do dpdk-devbind I get the following error

Error: bind failed for 0000:05:00.0 - Cannot bind to driver uio_pci_generic

This shows in dmesg
[240097.901062] i40e 0000:05:00.1: removed PHC from ens2f1
[240097.966118] i40e 0000:05:00.1: Set default VSI failed, err
I40E_ERR_ADMIN_QUEUE_ERROR, aq_err I40E_AQ_RC_EINVAL
[240097.966122] i40e 0000:05:00.1: Setting promiscuous on failed on PF, err
I40E_ERR_ADMIN_QUEUE_ERROR aq_err I40E_AQ_RC_EINVAL

I am moving from some much older 1G cards I had, but they were binding ok,
however it was the igb driver.

I can seem to find much, I guess these are quite new cards and the driver
is up to date as well, a bug maybe?

Thanks

Roland

Re: [dpdk-users] Intel XVV710- i40e dpdk-devbind error "Set default VSI failed, err I40E_ERR_ADMIN_QUEUE_ERROR"

[Stephen Hemminger]

On Thu, 4 Oct 2018 11:17:53 +0200
".." <hyperhead@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi dpdk-users!
> 
> I have some new 25G cards:
> Intel Corporation Ethernet Network Adapter XXV710-2
> 
> I am using the latest i40e driver
> 
> filename:
> /lib/modules/3.10.0-862.11.6.el7.x86_64/updates/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e.ko
> version:        2.4.10
> license:        GPL
> description:    Intel(R) 40-10 Gigabit Ethernet Connection Network Driver
> author:         Intel Corporation, <e1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net>
> retpoline:      Y
> 
> When I try to do dpdk-devbind I get the following error
> 
> Error: bind failed for 0000:05:00.0 - Cannot bind to driver uio_pci_generic
> 
> This shows in dmesg
> [240097.901062] i40e 0000:05:00.1: removed PHC from ens2f1
> [240097.966118] i40e 0000:05:00.1: Set default VSI failed, err
> I40E_ERR_ADMIN_QUEUE_ERROR, aq_err I40E_AQ_RC_EINVAL
> [240097.966122] i40e 0000:05:00.1: Setting promiscuous on failed on PF, err
> I40E_ERR_ADMIN_QUEUE_ERROR aq_err I40E_AQ_RC_EINVAL
> 
> I am moving from some much older 1G cards I had, but they were binding ok,
> however it was the igb driver.
> 
> I can seem to find much, I guess these are quite new cards and the driver
> is up to date as well, a bug maybe?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Roland

Make sure you update the firmware on the  Intel card before doing anything else.
Also you should use VFIO if at all possible.

Re: [dpdk-users] Intel XVV710- i40e dpdk-devbind error "Set default VSI failed, err I40E_ERR_ADMIN_QUEUE_ERROR"

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Hi,

I solved it by loading the igb_uio drivers and using that instead. I read
igb_uio is used on those model of cards in the dpdk documentation, lesson
learned.

Thanks for the response.

Roland


On Thu, 4 Oct 2018, 17:23 Stephen Hemminger, <stephen@networkplumber.org>
wrote:

> On Thu, 4 Oct 2018 11:17:53 +0200
> ".." <hyperhead@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi dpdk-users!
> >
> > I have some new 25G cards:
> > Intel Corporation Ethernet Network Adapter XXV710-2
> >
> > I am using the latest i40e driver
> >
> > filename:
> >
> /lib/modules/3.10.0-862.11.6.el7.x86_64/updates/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e.ko
> > version:        2.4.10
> > license:        GPL
> > description:    Intel(R) 40-10 Gigabit Ethernet Connection Network Driver
> > author:         Intel Corporation, <e1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net>
> > retpoline:      Y
> >
> > When I try to do dpdk-devbind I get the following error
> >
> > Error: bind failed for 0000:05:00.0 - Cannot bind to driver
> uio_pci_generic
> >
> > This shows in dmesg
> > [240097.901062] i40e 0000:05:00.1: removed PHC from ens2f1
> > [240097.966118] i40e 0000:05:00.1: Set default VSI failed, err
> > I40E_ERR_ADMIN_QUEUE_ERROR, aq_err I40E_AQ_RC_EINVAL
> > [240097.966122] i40e 0000:05:00.1: Setting promiscuous on failed on PF,
> err
> > I40E_ERR_ADMIN_QUEUE_ERROR aq_err I40E_AQ_RC_EINVAL
> >
> > I am moving from some much older 1G cards I had, but they were binding
> ok,
> > however it was the igb driver.
> >
> > I can seem to find much, I guess these are quite new cards and the driver
> > is up to date as well, a bug maybe?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Roland
>
> Make sure you update the firmware on the  Intel card before doing anything
> else.
> Also you should use VFIO if at all possible.
>