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From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
To: CJ Sculti <cj@cj.gy>
Cc: users@dpdk.org
Subject: Re: DPDK With Mellanox ConnectX-5
Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 15:00:51 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20241113150051.7e655be7@hermes.local> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CANvjkS97X605fBJPy7nYi5DW8dYDzuqM4WgMdMKAvxxRVPN4Pg@mail.gmail.com>

On Wed, 13 Nov 2024 15:06:17 -0500
CJ Sculti <cj@cj.gy> wrote:

> I've been running my application for years on igb_uio with Intel NICs. I
> recently replaced them with a Mellanox ConnectX-5 2x 40gbps NIC, updated
> the DPDK version my application uses, and compiled with support for mlx5
> PMDs. Both 40Gbps ports are up with link, and both are in Ethernet mode,
> not Infiniband mode. However, I'm getting complaints when I start my
> application about trying to load 'mlx5_eth'? Both are bound to mlx5_core
> driver at the moment. When I bind them to vfio-pci, or uio_pci_generic, my
> application fails to recognize them at all as valid DPDK devices. Anyone
> have any ideas? Also, strange that it only complains about one? I have them
> configured in a bond on the kernel, as my application requires that.
> 
> Network devices using kernel driver
> 
> ===================================
> 
> 0000:2b:00.0 'MT27800 Family [ConnectX-5] 1017' if=enp43s0f0np0
> drv=mlx5_core unused=vfio-pci
> 
> 0000:2b:00.1 'MT27800 Family [ConnectX-5] 1017' if=enp43s0f1np1
> drv=mlx5_core unused=vfio-pci
> 
> root@DDoSMitigation:~/anubis/engine/bin# ./anubis-engine
> 
> 
>   Electric Fence 2.2 Copyright (C) 1987-1999 Bruce Perens <bruce@perens.com>
> 
> EAL: Detected CPU lcores: 12
> 
> EAL: Detected NUMA nodes: 1
> 
> EAL: Detected static linkage of DPDK
> 
> EAL: Multi-process socket /var/run/dpdk/rte/mp_socket
> 
> EAL: Selected IOVA mode 'VA'
> 
> EAL: VFIO support initialized
> 
> EAL: Probe PCI driver: mlx5_pci (15b3:1017) device: 0000:2b:00.0 (socket -1)
> 
> EAL: Probe PCI driver: mlx5_pci (15b3:1017) device: 0000:2b:00.1 (socket -1)
> 
> mlx5_net: PF 0 doesn't have Verbs device matches PCI device 0000:2b:00.1,
> are kernel drivers loaded?
> 
> mlx5_common: Failed to load driver mlx5_eth
> 
> EAL: Requested device 0000:2b:00.1 cannot be used
> 
> TELEMETRY: No legacy callbacks, legacy socket not created
> 
> USER1: Anubis build master/.
> 
> USER1: We will run on 12 logical cores.
> 
> USER1: Enabled lcores not a power of 2!
> 
> This could have performance issues.
> 
> KNI: WARNING: KNI is deprecated and will be removed in DPDK 23.11
> 
> USER1: Failed to reset link fe0.

MLX5 does not need or want vfio or igb_uio.


https://doc.dpdk.org/guides/nics/mlx5.html


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