L3fwd start failed on PF, for tx_q check failed. That occurred when the SRIOV is active and tx_q > rx_q. The tx_q is equal to nb_q_per_pool. The number of nb_q_per_pool should equeal to max number of queues supported by HW not nb_rx_q.
Fixes: 27b609cbd1c6 (ethdev: move the multi-queue mode check to specific drivers) Signed-off-by: Yanglong Wu <yanglong...@intel.com> --- v5: Rework according to comments --- drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethdev.c | 10 +++++++--- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethdev.c index ff19a564a..baaeee5d9 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethdev.c +++ b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethdev.c @@ -95,6 +95,9 @@ /* Timer value included in XOFF frames. */ #define IXGBE_FC_PAUSE 0x680 +/*Default value of Max Rx Queue*/ +#define IXGBE_MAX_RX_QUEUE_NUM 128 + #define IXGBE_LINK_DOWN_CHECK_TIMEOUT 4000 /* ms */ #define IXGBE_LINK_UP_CHECK_TIMEOUT 1000 /* ms */ #define IXGBE_VMDQ_NUM_UC_MAC 4096 /* Maximum nb. of UC MAC addr. */ @@ -2194,9 +2197,10 @@ ixgbe_check_vf_rss_rxq_num(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint16_t nb_rx_q) return -EINVAL; } - RTE_ETH_DEV_SRIOV(dev).nb_q_per_pool = nb_rx_q; - RTE_ETH_DEV_SRIOV(dev).def_pool_q_idx = pci_dev->max_vfs * nb_rx_q; - + RTE_ETH_DEV_SRIOV(dev).nb_q_per_pool = + IXGBE_MAX_RX_QUEUE_NUM / RTE_ETH_DEV_SRIOV(dev).active; + RTE_ETH_DEV_SRIOV(dev).def_pool_q_idx = + pci_dev->max_vfs * RTE_ETH_DEV_SRIOV(dev).nb_q_per_pool; return 0; } -- 2.11.0