[dpdk-dev] SR-IOV with vfio-pci

[Stephen Hemminger]

On Thu, 26 Sep 2019 11:57:04 +0530
Deepak Gowda <deepak.dt06 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying to run test-pmd application with virtual functions bound to
> vfio-pci.
> I'm able to bind and unbind the virtual functions from ixgbevf to vfio-pci
> and vice-versa
> And i'm seeing the below VF Initialization failure error, i can't seem to
> figure out what's going wrong here,
> 
> EAL:   using IOMMU type 1 (Type 1)
> PMD: eth_ixgbevf_dev_init(): VF Initialization Failure: -15
> EAL: Releasing pci mapped resource for 0000:04:10.0
> EAL: Calling pci_unmap_resource for 0000:04:10.0 at 0x7f808ba00000
> EAL: Calling pci_unmap_resource for 0000:04:10.0 at 0x7f808ba04000
> EAL: Requested device 0000:04:10.0 cannot be used
> EAL: PCI device 0000:04:10.2 on NUMA socket 0
> EAL:   probe driver: 8086:10ed net_ixgbe_vf
> EAL:   using IOMMU type 1 (Type 1)
> PMD: eth_ixgbevf_dev_init(): VF Initialization Failure: -15
> EAL: Releasing pci mapped resource for 0000:04:10.2
> EAL: Calling pci_unmap_resource for 0000:04:10.2 at 0x7f808ba08000
> EAL: Calling pci_unmap_resource for 0000:04:10.2 at 0x7f808ba0c000
> EAL: Requested device 0000:04:10.2 cannot be used
> 
> Here's some more information:
> I'm using dpdk-17.11.
> Created Virtual functions on Intel 82599ES 10G cards.
> Bound these vfs to vfio-pci.
> And tried to run the test-pmd.

What is the host OS version that owns the PF driver?

Also check the firmware version on the card.