Re: [dpdk-dev] intel x540-at2

[Jose Gavine Cueto <pepedocs@gmail.com>]

Thanks again.  So there is a possibility that vf will fail with DPDK due to
not fully supported pf.  Please correct me if I'm wrong.

Cheers,
Pepe


On Fri, Jan 3, 2014 at 5:09 PM, Jose Gavine Cueto <pepedocs@gmail.com>wrote:

> Sorry I accidentally excluded the list.  I've pasted the replies:
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> I see thanks.
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> I'm actually running my DPDK application on a guest OS but I'm always
> getting an invalid instruction error.  I was thinking that this was due to
> ixgbevf driver in guest that commands the host driver which is not-fully
> supported by DPDK, and consequently ran an invalid instruction.  This
> brings me back to the questions:
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> Are SR-IOV virtual function drivers supported by DPDK  PMD (I guess yes) ?
>  If yes, does the physical function (host) driver affects the DPDK
> application in any way especially if it isn't fully supported yet by DPDK?
>
> I've tried looking at incompatibility issues with respect to compiler and
> processor archs. but it seems OK to me.
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> Thanks,
> Pepe
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> SR-IOV is supported. There are dependencies with PF driver which handle NIC
> configuration. VF/PF communication is done via mailbox.
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> Please use the list.
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>
> Thomas
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> On Thu, Jan 2, 2014 at 10:24 PM, Thomas Monjalon <
> thomas.monjalon@6wind.com> wrote:
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>> 23/12/2013 10:18, Jose Gavine Cueto :
>> > I can't find a MACRO for this nic in rte_pci_dev_ids.h, does this mean
>> this
>> > isn't supported as of this moment ?
>>
>> Yes
>> But probably that
>>         hw->mac.type = ixgbe_mac_X540
>> apply also to x540-at2.
>>
>> Please to try to add it and send the patch if it works.
>> --
>> Thomas
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