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From: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
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Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] dpdk and sriov nic without igb_uio
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On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 05:40:39PM +0200, nirmoy das wrote:
> Hi ..,
> 
> I am trying to find a way to use dpdk in a VM with sriov nic
> without using igb_uio.
> 
> uio_pci_generic: failed with  "No IRQ assigned to device: no support for
> interrupts?".
> vfio-pci also doesn't work on linux < 4.5 and need dpdk > 16.04.
> 
> Is this a deadend  for dpdk+sriov If I have linux < 4.5 and/or dpdk < 16.04?
>
I believe so, yes.

/Bruce