From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from jaguar.aricent.com (jaguar.aricent.com [180.151.2.24]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8190C5925 for ; Wed, 5 Mar 2014 15:27:13 +0100 (CET) Received: from jaguar.aricent.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by postfix.imss71 (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0317036B5B; Wed, 5 Mar 2014 19:58:21 +0530 (IST) Received: from GUREXHT02.ASIAN.AD.ARICENT.COM (gurexht02.asian.ad.aricent.com [10.203.171.138]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-MD5 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by jaguar.aricent.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id EAF0536B4C; Wed, 5 Mar 2014 19:58:20 +0530 (IST) Received: from GUREXMB01.asian.ad.aricent.com ([10.203.171.134]) by GUREXHT02.ASIAN.AD.ARICENT.COM ([10.203.171.138]) with mapi; Wed, 5 Mar 2014 19:58:21 +0530 From: Prashant Upadhyaya To: Srinivasan J , "dev@dpdk.org" Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 19:58:19 +0530 Thread-Topic: [dpdk-dev] Which vmxnet3 pmd is to be used in dpdk 1.6.x? Thread-Index: Ac83va/UYGCm3NBvRfaIBeD0uXv5yQAvqfsg Message-ID: References: In-Reply-To: Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: acceptlanguage: en-US Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-TM-AS-MML: No Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] Which vmxnet3 pmd is to be used in dpdk 1.6.x? X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: patches and discussions about DPDK List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2014 14:27:14 -0000 Hi, I am also keen to know the answer to the question posted by Srini. The real question is -- is dpdk1.6.0r1 self-sufficient so that I don't need= any extensions etc., or do I still need something from outside like the us= ermap kernel driver etc. Secondly, if I turn on all the debug options for the vmxnet3 pmd in the con= fig file, 1.6.0r1 compilation runs into a problem and reports a function wh= ich is defined but not used. I am trying to bring up DPDK inside Fedora18 Guest on ESXi -- when I used D= PDK1.6.0r1 (without debug options turned on for vmxnet3 pmd) the igb_uio co= uld take over the vmxnet3 NIC but I encountered a core dump in the dev init= function for the vmxnet3 driver -- anybody encountered a similar issue ? Regards -Prashant -----Original Message----- From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces@dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Srinivasan J Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2014 8:53 PM To: dev@dpdk.org Subject: [dpdk-dev] Which vmxnet3 pmd is to be used in dpdk 1.6.x? I want to try dpdk with vmxnet3 in Vmware Esxi 5.1. I see that the latest d= pdk 1.6.0r1 includes a vmxnet3 pmd. The vmxnet3-usermap-1.1.tar.gz as well = includes a vmxnet3 pmd driver. I'm confused as to which vmxnet3 pmd driver to use along with which vmxnet3 kernel driver (vmxnet3 native kernel driver or vmxnet3-usermap kern= el driver). I also want to try RSS with vmxnet3 and dpdk. As per Intel DPDK= Programmer's Guide (January 2014) RSS is supported with vmxnet3 since dpdk version 1.6.0. Thanks, Srini =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D Please refer to http://www.aricent.com/legal/email_disclaimer.html for important disclosures regarding this electronic communication. =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D