Re: [DPDK/bnxt] Issues starting bnxt on an Arm server

[Ajit Khaparde <ajit.khaparde@broadcom.com>]

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On Wed, Mar 2, 2022 at 9:16 AM Thierry Herbelot
<thierry.herbelot@6wind.com> wrote:
>
> Hello Ajit
>
> The card is not correctly probed by the kernel, and so the FW version is
> not visible.
Thanks Thierry.
I thought it was just the PMD running into trouble.

Can you give details of the ARM server?
Make, Vendor, etc..?


>
> I see this in the kernel dmesg:
> bnxt_en 0000:03:00.0 (unnamed net_device) (uninitialized): Error
> (timeout: 500015) msg {0x0 0x0} len:0
> bnxt_en 0000:03:00.0 (unnamed net_device) (uninitialized): Firmware not
> responding, status: 0x8ffff
>
> And then there are no bnxt_en netdevices.
>
>         Best regards
>
>         Thierry
>
>
> On 3/2/22 18:13, Ajit Khaparde wrote:
> > On Wed, Mar 2, 2022 at 7:13 AM Thierry Herbelot
> > <thierry.herbelot@6wind.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hello Ajit
> >>
> >> Thanks for the quick response.
> >>
> >> Please keep me posted when you check on your side.
> > Can you tell what is the firmware version on the card?
> >
> >>
> >>          Best regards
> >>
> >>          Thierry
> >>
> >> On 3/2/22 16:08, Ajit Khaparde wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Is this a know issue ?
> >>> No.
> >>> We have tried the Broadcom PMD on ARM server(s) and have been
> >>> able to use it without any issues.
> >>> But we can try it again and get back to you.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>>           Thanks
> >>>>
> >>>>           Thierry Herbelot
> >>>>
> >>>> PS: a similar error is seen for the Ethernet ports, when handled by the
> >>>> kernel:
> >>>> dmesg|grep bnxt
> >>>> [   57.823746] bnxt_en 0000:03:00.0 (unnamed net_device)
> >>>> (uninitialized): Error (timeout: 500015) msg {0x0 0x0} len:0
> >>>> [   59.202255] bnxt_en: probe of 0000:03:00.0 failed with error -16
> >>>> [   60.641519] bnxt_en 0000:03:00.1 (unnamed net_device)
> >>>> (uninitialized): Error (timeout: 500015) msg {0x0 0x0} len:0
> >>>> [   61.502237] bnxt_en: probe of 0000:03:00.1 failed with error -16
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> --
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> >>
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