[dpdk-users] AVX-512

[Tharaneedharan Vilwanathan]

Hi Stephen,

Appreciate your response.

I have ESXi. I am still trying to map the KVM config with ESXi but no luck
yet. I have requested the admin to figure out. If anyone is familiar with
ESXi configuration for this, please let me know.

Thanks
dharani

On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 11:38 AM, Stephen Hemminger <
stephen at networkplumber.org> wrote:

> 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.
>