[dpdk-users] Reg VFIO-PCI Error

[raman geetha gopalakrishnan]

Hi Sergio/Alex,

Thanks for your reply. I will use uio_pci_generic and take it forward.

Thanks
Raman

On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 8:25 PM, Sergio Gonzalez Monroy <
sergio.gonzalez.monroy at intel.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> FYI vfio-pci is not supported inside a VM yet:
> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-11/msg04284.html
>
> It is a work in progress (slide 19):
> https://dpdksummit.com/Archive/pdf/2016USA/Day02-Session14-
> FranckBaudin-DPDKUSASummit2016.pdf
>
> Regards,
> Sergio
>
>
> On 12/09/2016 14:51, Andriy Berestovskyy wrote:
>
>> Hey Raman,
>> Check dmesg for the details. I guess you have no IOMMU enabled, so you
>> should either go ahead and enable it wit intel_iommu=on or use
>> uio_pci_generic or igb_uio module instead of vfio-pci.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Andriy
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 1:42 PM, raman geetha gopalakrishnan
>> <glowingsun at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi DPDK-USERS,
>>>
>>> 1. I have installed DPDK on my virtual-box which runs ubuntu 16.04.1
>>> (xenial).
>>> 2. My DPDK version is 16.07
>>> 3. When i try to bind ethernet device to VFIO module i get the following
>>> error
>>>
>>>      Error: bind failed for 0000:00:08.0 - cannot bind to driver
>>> vfio-pci [
>>> this is for NIC 82545EM]
>>>      debug message gave the rrror
>>>      vfio-pci: probe of 0000:00:08.0 failed with error -22
>>>
>>>
>>> Please Advice.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Raman
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>