[dpdk-users] AVX-512

[Stephen Hemminger]

On Fri, 23 Feb 2018 11:16:14 -0800
Tharaneedharan Vilwanathan <vdharani at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi All,
> 
> I have a quick question. I got a new server with the CPU that should have
> AVX-512 support but I don't see it in Linux (Ubuntu 18.04).
> 
> Here is the output:
> 
> auto at auto-virtual-machine:~$ *cat /proc/cpuinfo*
> processor : 0
> vendor_id : GenuineIntel
> cpu family : 6
> model : 85
> model name : *Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6130 CPU @ 2.10GHz*
> stepping : 4
> microcode : 0x2000029
> cpu MHz : 2095.078
> cache size : 22528 KB
> physical id : 0
> siblings : 2
> core id : 0
> cpu cores : 2
> apicid : 0
> initial apicid : 0
> fpu : yes
> fpu_exception : yes
> cpuid level : 22
> wp : yes
> flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat
> pse36 clflush dts mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht syscall nx pdpe1gb rdtscp lm
> constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts nopl xtopology tsc_reliable nonstop_tsc
> cpuid pni pclmulqdq ssse3 fma cx16 pcid sse4_1 sse4_2 x2apic movbe popcnt
> tsc_deadline_timer aes xsave avx f16c rdrand hypervisor lahf_lm abm
> 3dnowprefetch cpuid_fault invpcid_single pti fsgsbase tsc_adjust bmi1 hle
> avx2 smep bmi2 invpcid rtm rdseed adx smap xsaveopt arat
> bugs : cpu_meltdown spectre_v1 spectre_v2
> bogomips : 4190.15
> clflush size : 64
> cache_alignment : 64
> address sizes : 42 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
> power management:
> 
> Can someone tell me why I don't see AVX-512?
> 
> Appreciate your help.
> 
> Thanks
> dharani

If you are running in a VM, make sure that your hypervisor passes the avx flags through.
In KVM this is usually done with the "Copy host CPU configuration" in virt manager.