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From: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
To: Nagendra Prabhu A T <nagendraprabhu.a.t@gmail.com>
Cc: <anatoly.burakov@intel.com>, <dev@dpdk.org>
Subject: Re: unable to bind to vfio-pci
Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2023 16:27:31 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <Y/Tw8wuVuUyLor4O@bricha3-MOBL.ger.corp.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CACG-zq9t-t7s+=KoV-dzSvJdJoagwhGQToT3eH0v4wG5p2ydnw@mail.gmail.com>

On Tue, Feb 21, 2023 at 09:46:30PM +0530, Nagendra Prabhu A T wrote:
>    These are the messages i am seeing dmesg
>    [16588.298660] vfio-pci: probe of 0000:8a:00.2 failed with error -22
>    [16591.574630] i40e 0000:8a:00.3: i40e_ptp_stop: removed PHC on
>    enp138s0f3
>    [16593.138613] vfio-pci: probe of 0000:8a:00.3 failed with error -22
>    [16593.138674] vfio-pci: probe of 0000:8a:00.3 failed with error -22
>    [16627.551866] vfio-pci: probe of 0000:51:00.0 failed with error -22
>    [16627.551922] vfio-pci: probe of 0000:51:00.0 failed with error -22
>    [16716.344530] vfio-pci: probe of 0000:51:00.0 failed with error -22
>    [16716.344585] vfio-pci: probe of 0000:51:00.0 failed with error -22
>    [17859.876566] vfio-pci: probe of 0000:51:00.0 failed with error -22
>    [17859.876622] vfio-pci: probe of 0000:51:00.0 failed with error -22
>    root@nat-kvm:/home/nat# cat /boot/config-$(uname -r) | grep NOIOMMU
>    CONFIG_VFIO_NOIOMMU=y
>    root@nat-kvm:/home/nat#
>    Interface type :
>    Other Network devices
>    =====================
>    0000:51:00.0 'Ethernet Controller X710 for 10GbE SFP+ 1572'
>    unused=i40e,vfio-pci
>    0000:51:00.1 'Ethernet Controller X710 for 10GbE SFP+ 1572'
>    unused=i40e,vfio-pci
>    0000:51:00.2 'Ethernet Controller X710 for 10GbE SFP+ 1572'
>    unused=i40e,vfio-pci
>    0000:51:00.3 'Ethernet Controller X710 for 10GbE SFP+ 1572'
>    unused=i40e,vfio-pci
>    0000:8a:00.0 'Ethernet Controller X710 for 10GbE SFP+ 1572'
>    unused=i40e,vfio-pci
>    0000:8a:00.1 'Ethernet Controller X710 for 10GbE SFP+ 1572'
>    unused=i40e,vfio-pci
>    0000:8a:00.2 'Ethernet Controller X710 for 10GbE SFP+ 1572'
>    unused=i40e,vfio-pci
>    0000:8a:00.3 'Ethernet Controller X710 for 10GbE SFP+ 1572'
>    unused=i40e,vfio-pci
> 

Please try the following:

	echo 1 > /sys/module/vfio/parameters/enable_unsafe_noiommu_mode
	dpdk-devbind.py -b vfio-pci 8a:00.*

Does anything change then?

/Bruce

PS: For mailing list discussions, please don't top-post. Replies are easier
to follow if posted immediately below the relevant content.

>    On Tue, Feb 21, 2023 at 9:37 PM Bruce Richardson
>    <[1]bruce.richardson@intel.com> wrote:
> 
>      On Tue, Feb 21, 2023 at 09:30:15PM +0530, Nagendra Prabhu A T wrote:
>      >    HI Bruce,
>      >    Thanks for your reply.
>      >    I have removed the binding of all other ports. So , i can
>      confirm that
>      >    #2 is taken care of.
>      >    I tried using a different driver "uio_pci_generic". I still see
>      the
>      >    same issue for that driver as well.
>      >    The problem seems to be because the write operation is not
>      happening in
>      >    "bind" file.
>      >    Infact tried doing the following step manually. That also
>      failed
>      >    echo sh -c 0000:51:00.0 >
>      /sys/bus/pci/drivers/uio_pci_generic/bind
>      >    bash: echo: write error: No such device
>      The "sh -c" doesn't look right in that command. It should just echo
>      the
>      device id to the bind file. However, it's generally recommended just
>      to use
>      the devbind script, as more writes to sysfs may be necessary first,
>      e.g. to
>      register the device ids first.
>      >    I have required permission for the file.
>      >    I tried doing with "sudo"
>      >    I dont have selinux running
>      >    So not sure whats blocking me. Infact , even
>      >    "cat /sys/bus/pci/drivers/uio_pci_generic/bind" is failing
>      >    Can you please help.
>      To track down issues other than the obvious, I think we need more
>      information. For example, what NIC card is this? Are there any
>      useful error
>      messages in dmesg?
>      /Bruce
> 
> References
> 
>    1. mailto:bruce.richardson@intel.com

  reply	other threads:[~2023-02-21 16:27 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-02-21 14:35 Nagendra Prabhu A T
2023-02-21 14:45 ` Bruce Richardson
2023-02-21 16:00   ` Nagendra Prabhu A T
2023-02-21 16:06     ` Bruce Richardson
2023-02-21 16:16       ` Nagendra Prabhu A T
2023-02-21 16:27         ` Bruce Richardson [this message]
2023-02-21 17:03           ` Stephen Hemminger
2023-02-21 17:27           ` Nagendra Prabhu A T

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