Hi, When I try to add the virtio interface to dpdk enabled ovs bridge I am getting below error message.
"Unable to add port vnet1 to OVS bridge ovsbr0" I have added created the ovs bridge and added ports to the same as below. $OVS_DIR/utilities/ovs-vsctl add-port ovsbr0 vhost-user1 -- set Interface vhost-user1 type=dpdkvhostuser $OVS_DIR/utilities/ovs-vsctl add-port ovsbr0 vhost-user2 -- set Interface vhost-user2 type=dpdkvhostuser In my VM's xml file I have done the below "highlighted "changes as well sudo virsh dumpxml AP1 <domain type='kvm'> <name>AP1</name> <uuid>6dd3c551-76a2-65d5-32e7-8daaaf433cf4</uuid> <memory unit='KiB'>4194304</memory> <currentMemory unit='KiB'>4194304</currentMemory> <vcpu placement='static' cpuset='2-3'>2</vcpu> <os> <type arch='x86_64' machine='pc-i440fx-trusty'>hvm</type> <boot dev='hd'/> </os> <features> <acpi/> <apic/> <pae/> </features> <clock offset='utc'/> <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff> <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot> <on_crash>restart</on_crash> <devices> <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64</emulator> <disk type='file' device='disk'> <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/> <source file='/var/lib/libvirt/images/VM1-clone.img'/> <target dev='hda' bus='ide'/> <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='0'/> </disk> <disk type='block' device='cdrom'> <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/> <target dev='hdc' bus='ide'/> <readonly/> <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='1' target='0' unit='0'/> </disk> <controller type='usb' index='0'> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x2'/> </controller> <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pci-root'/> <controller type='ide' index='0'> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x1'/> </controller> <interface type='network'> <mac address='52:54:00:64:ad:4f'/> <source network='default'/> <model type='rtl8139'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x03' function='0x0'/> </interface> <interface type='bridge'> <mac address='52:54:00:f0:7f:a1'/> <source bridge='ovsbr0'/> <virtualport type='openvswitch'> <parameters interfaceid='22a05fd5-0501-49fb-983b-06c3c06540ea'/> </virtualport> <model type='virtio'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x06' function='0x0'/> </interface> <interface type='vhostuser'> <mac address='52:54:00:a2:e6:28'/> <source type='unix' path='/usr/local/var/run/openvswitch/vhost-user1' mode='client'/> <model type='virtio'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x07' function='0x0'/> </interface> <serial type='pty'> <target port='0'/> </serial> <console type='pty'> <target type='serial' port='0'/> </console> <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/> <input type='keyboard' bus='ps2'/> <graphics type='vnc' port='-1' autoport='yes'/> <sound model='ich6'> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x04' function='0x0'/> </sound> <video> <model type='cirrus' vram='16384' heads='1'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x02' function='0x0'/> </video> <memballoon model='virtio'> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x05' function='0x0'/> </memballoon> </devices> </domain> However still I am not able to start the VM. When I try to start the VM, I am getting below error message. #virsh start AP1 error: Failed to start domain AP1 error: internal error: Unable to add port vnet1 to OVS bridge ovsbr0 I have Ubuntu latest version as my host "Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS" with qemu 2.5.0 version. Kindly suggest If I am missing anything here. Regards, Hvr