Re: [E1000-devel] Jumbo frame MTU setting for Virtual function - RTNETLINK answers: Invalid argument

2014-02-18 Thread Raj Ravi
ns should > not show this problem. > > Thanks, > Emil > > >-Original Message- > >From: Raj Ravi [mailto:mekavi...@gmail.com] > >Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2014 5:21 AM > >To: e1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > >Subject: [E1000-devel] Jumbo frame M

[E1000-devel] Jumbo frame MTU setting for Virtual function - RTNETLINK answers: Invalid argument

2014-02-18 Thread Raj Ravi
Hi, I am trying to change MTU value to 9000 for a virtual function (SR- IOV mode). It works fine when the interface is UP. (using ifconfig mtu 9000 ) But, it fails, If the interface is down. (throwing error message : RTNETLINK answers: Invalid argument). Note,This error is shown only for MTU of

Re: [E1000-devel] ixgbe - virtual function created only for one port

2014-01-02 Thread Raj Ravi
; > > On Thu, Jan 2, 2014 at 10:37 PM, Greg Rose wrote: > >> On Thu, 2 Jan 2014 22:22:27 +0530 >> Raj Ravi wrote: >> >> > Hi, >> > Thanks. >> > >> > I just tried this : >> > modprobe ixgbe max_vfs=2,2 >> > Bu

Re: [E1000-devel] ixgbe - virtual function created only for one port

2014-01-02 Thread Raj Ravi
wrote: > On Thu, 2 Jan 2014 22:22:27 +0530 > Raj Ravi wrote: > > > Hi, > > Thanks. > > > > I just tried this : > > modprobe ixgbe max_vfs=2,2 > > But it creates 4 devices "ONLY " for the first port. > > > > # vir

Re: [E1000-devel] ixgbe - virtual function created only for one port

2014-01-02 Thread Raj Ravi
--- All the Virtual functions are created for eth0 alone/ Please refer bus-info for eth0. Please let me know how to avoid this and get VFs created for all interfaces. -- On Thu, Jan 2, 2014 at 10:11 PM, Greg Rose wrote: > On Thu, 2 Jan 2014 22:01:50 +0530 > Raj Ravi wrote: >

[E1000-devel] ixgbe - virtual function created only for one port

2014-01-02 Thread Raj Ravi
Hi, I am trying to update to these drivers(ixgbe-3.18.7.tar.gz , ixgbevf-2.11.3.tar.gz) from existing versions of drivers. With my existing drivers, I can see multiple virtual function for each physical port properly created. for eg: modprobe ixgbe max_vfs=2 This creates two virtual functions

[E1000-devel] insmod causes another driver to load (ixgbe)

2014-01-02 Thread Raj Ravi
Hi, I have noticed this while loading ixgbe kernel module. When I do something like: insmod /path/to/ixgbe.ko max_vfs=5 The above command causes ixgbevf kernel module also automatically loaded. The worst part is instead of loading ixgbevf which is compatible with ixgbe, it just loads ixgbevf.ko f