[dpdk-dev] SR-IOV: dpdk16.07 on guest and ixgbe 3.19.1 on host - will that be a problem ? (requested invalid api version)

[Lu, Wenzhuo]

HI Gopakumar,


> -----Original Message-----
> From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces at dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Gopakumar
> Choorakkot Edakkunni
> Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2016 10:57 PM
> To: dev at dpdk.org
> Subject: [dpdk-dev] SR-IOV: dpdk16.07 on guest and ixgbe 3.19.1 on host - will
> that be a problem ? (requested invalid api version)
> 
> I see the below message "requested invalid api version" on host ? Will that be an
> issue or is it benign ? Should I upgrade the host ixgbe to a later version ?
> 
> On the host:
> 
> *[69576.199458] ixgbe 0000:88:00.1 p4p2: VF 2 requested invalid api version
> 3*
It means ixgbe doesn't support ixgbe_mbox_api_12. I suggest using something newer.