[dpdk-dev] Problems when testing l2fwd with ixgbevf pmd dirver

[Zhang, Helin]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lilijun [mailto:jerry.lilijun at huawei.com]
> Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2014 12:31 PM
> To: Zhang, Helin; dev at dpdk.org
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] Problems when testing l2fwd with ixgbevf pmd dirver
> 
> On 2014/10/23 11:44, Zhang, Helin wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces at dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Lilijun
> >> Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2014 11:36 AM
> >> To: dev at dpdk.org
> >> Subject: [dpdk-dev] Problems when testing l2fwd with ixgbevf pmd dirver
> >>
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> I am testing the example l2fwd of dpdk-1.7.0 using intel 82599 VF NICs.
> >> But the VF can't be used when doing probe pmd driver with following error:
> >>
> >> EAL: PCI device 0000:02:10.0 on NUMA socket -1
> >> EAL:   probe driver: 8086:10ed rte_ixgbevf_pmd
> >> EAL:   PCI memory mapped at 0x7f78b181f000
> >> EAL:   PCI memory mapped at 0x7f78b181b000
> >> EAL: Error - exiting with code: 1
> >>   Cause: Requested device 0000:02:10.0 cannot be used
> >>
> >> Any suggestions?
> > Did you launch DPDK host application?
> 
> My test steps:
> 1) rmmod ixgbe; modprobe ixgbe max_vfs=3,3
> 2) insmod dpdk-1.7.0/x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc/kmod/igb_uio.ko
> 3) dpdk_nic_bind.py -b igb_uio 02:10.0 02:10.1
> 4) ./build/l2fwd -c 0xf -n 3 -- -p 3 -q 1
> 
> Then l2fwd run failed with error messages shown as above email.
All done in guest, right?
If yes, you need to check if host runs in host. It could be standard Linux host driver, or DPDK host driver.

> 
> Is my test steps correctly?
> 
> >
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Jerry
> >
> > Regards,
> > Helin
> >
> >
> 

Regards,
Helin