[dpdk-users] DPDK driver for mellanox (connectx-4)

[Avi Cohen (A)]

Thank you - got it

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nélio Laranjeiro [mailto:nelio.laranjeiro at 6wind.com]
> Sent: Monday, 05 February, 2018 12:55 PM
> To: Avi Cohen (A)
> Cc: users at dpdk.org
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-users] DPDK driver for mellanox (connectx-4)
> 
> On Mon, Feb 05, 2018 at 09:16:45AM +0000, Avi Cohen (A) wrote:
> > Hi,
> > Is the process of unbind linux kernel and bind mlx-dpdk driver for
> > mellanox connect-4 lx , is similar to intel drivers (ixgbe/i40e) ?
> > I don't find how to insmod the dpdk-mlx driver , what its name ,
> > location , etc Who can assist ?
> > Regards
> > Avi
> 
> Hi Avi,
> 
> There is not DPDK-mlx driver to modprobe, only regular kernel modules, you
> can refer to the PMD documentation [1].
> You you run with a pretty knew Linux Kernel > v4.14 you just need the upstream
> RDMA-Core, otherwise follow the procedure with Mellanox OFED.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> 
> [1] https://dpdk.org/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.html
> 
> --
> Nélio Laranjeiro
> 6WIND