[dpdk-users] Why testpmd fails to start in VM while l2fwd works in the same VM?

[Tan, Jianfeng]

Hi Charlie,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: users [mailto:users-bounces at dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Charlie Li
> Sent: Friday, August 26, 2016 1:28 AM
> To: users at dpdk.org
> Subject: [dpdk-users] Why testpmd fails to start in VM while l2fwd works in
> the same VM?
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> My host and VM both are running Fedora 23.
> 
> In the host, DPDK (testpmd, l2fwd and l3fwd) works fine.
> 
> Then I set up OVS with DPDK and pass two (dpdkvhostuser) ports to the VM.
> 
> In the VM, l2fwd works fine, but testpmd fails to start. Pleas see the
> attached screenshot of the VM with error messages.

I do not know how to run testpmd. Just a hint, you need to add " --txqflags=0xf00 --disable-hw-vlan" when starting testpmd.

Thanks,
Jianfeng

> 
> Has anybody seen similar issue in the VM?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Charlie