[dpdk-users] using the KNI on Amazon EC2

[Ferruh Yigit]

On 11/27/2017 11:11 AM, Cody Doucette wrote:
> Is there any way to bring up a KNI on EC2? I seem to be able to create the
> interface, assign IP addresses to it, etc, but can't actually activate the
> interface by bringing it up using either ifconfig or with a netlink socket
> directly.

Bringing interface up via ifconfig should be working.
Are you testing kni sample app or kni pmd?

> 
> This line from the KNI guide gives me doubt: "Ethtool is not supported in
> i40e and VMs."

This is valid for ethtool support only, and related how kni ethtool support
implemented.

> 
> Is there any work around to this?
>