[dpdk-users] testpmd: [mlx4] rxq_add_flow(): flow configuration failed, errno=38: Function not implemented

[Ruslan Osmanov]

System information
-------------------

OS: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Arch: x86_64
Kernel: 4.4.0-28-generic
Kernel configuration:
https://gist.github.com/9b896efae7ad097b3f05581640f670d0 Installed
packages: https://gist.github.com/5d1fe6557a9a41cea9ce70b7269e35ac
ibv_devinfo: https://gist.github.com/8c0ecd660aa1be16ddc6aa7b96ffcd11
ofed_info -s: MLNX_OFED_LINUX-3.3-1.0.0.0:
dpdk_nic_bind --status:
https://gist.github.com/2449c7b943eec70a2a3dc8da905148b2


testpmd without --no-huge --proc-type=auto
------------------------------------------

sudo -E ~/DPDK/x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc/build/app/test-pmd/testpmd \
-c 0x3 --pci-blacklist 0000:00:06.0 -- -i --total-num-mbufs=2048

###### OUTPUT #######
...
mlx4.c:5464: mlx4_pci_devinit():
PCI information matches, using device "mlx4_1" (VF: true)
...

mlx4.c:2503: rxq_add_flow(): 0x7ffd6ca10050:
adding MAC address 8e:d5:86:2e:a3:02 index 0 (VLAN index 4294967295)

mlx4.c:2511: rxq_add_flow(): 0x7ffd6ca10050:
flow configuration failed, errno=38: Function not implemented

mlx4.c:3862: rxq_setup(): 0x921a20:
QP flow attachment failed: Function not implemented
...
######### OUTPUT (END) ##########

Full output: https://gist.github.com/3c83db9c0ba4a662be92fef958170f58


On Sun, 3 Jul 2016 12:24:11 +0000
Olga Shern <olgas at mellanox.com> wrote:

> Hello Ruslan, 
> 
> Can you please send full details of your setup, please also include
> the following info: OS, FW, MLNX_OFED that you are using
> 
> The following commands can help to retrieve Mellanox specific info:
> ibv_devinfo
> ofed_info -s
> 
> Another q, I have notice you are using --no-huge option, this is not
> the issue here,  but I am not sure if this option is working at all.
> And why are you using  --proc-type=auto?
> 
> Please run as root user without the above flags (--no-huge and
> --proc-type) 
> 
> Best Regards,
> Olga
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: users [mailto:users-bounces at dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Ruslan
> Osmanov Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2016 11:18 AM
> To: users at dpdk.org
> Subject: [dpdk-users] testpmd: [mlx4] rxq_add_flow(): flow
> configuration failed, errno=38: Function not implemented
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I need help. DPDK applications fail to start with Mellanox ConnectX-3
> NIC. All of them complain about 'not implemented' function when
> trying to setup the RX queue:
> 
> sudo -E ~/DPDK/x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc/build/app/test-pmd/testpmd
> \ -c 0x3 --pci-blacklist 0000:00:06.0 \ --no-huge --proc-type=auto \
> -- -i --total-num-mbufs=2048
> 
> ...
> 
> rxq_setup(): 0x921a20: disabling scattered packets support (128 WRs)
> mlx4_mp2mr(): mempool 0x7f0c0b1eb000 area start=0x7f0c0b36e000
> end=0x7f0c0bb6e000 size=8388608
> mlx4_mp2mr(): mempool 0x7f0c0b1eb000 using start=0x7f0c0b36e000
> end=0x7f0c0bb6e000 size=8388608 for MR
> rxq_setup(): priv->device_attr.max_qp_wr is 16351
> rxq_setup(): priv->device_attr.max_sge is 32
> rxq_add_flow(): 0x7ffd68781e10: adding MAC address 8e:d5:86:2e:a3:02
> index 0 (VLAN index 4294967295) rxq_add_flow(): 0x7ffd68781e10: flow
> configuration failed, errno=38: Function not implemented
> rxq_setup(): 0x921a20: QP flow attachment failed: Function not
> implemented ... Fail to configure port 0 rx queues
> EAL: Error - exiting with code: 1
>   Cause: Start ports failed
> 
> The whole output is in the attached dpdk-mlx4-testmpd.log file. If
> for some reason the mailing list doesn't support attachments, here is
> an online version:
> https://gist.github.com/7f740489da77ecd23cc162da5e7f864c
> 
> DPDK version: 16.04.
> dpdk_proc_info:
>  sudo -E
>  ~/DPDK/x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc/build/app/proc_info/dpdk_proc_info
>  -c 0x3 --no-huge --proc-type=auto --pci-blacklist 0000:00:06.0 -- -p
>  0x3 -m --stats --xstats
> (output is in the attached dpdk-mlx4-dpdk_proc_info.log; online
> version: https://gist.github.com/e8a01484a02e147f9539e81638198747)
> 
> Please help me to figure out what's wrong with ... what? I even don't
> know. Maybe the mlx4 driver is buggy, maybe dpdk, maybe my
> configuration is wrong. 
> 
> 
> --
> Ruslan Osmanov


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Ruslan Osmanov