Thanks Ori. When I did the ip link up, packetgen comes up. Now the nics on these two hosts connected by cable. When I played traffic on one container using packetgen, the traffic doesn't reach the other container. Any clues why?
On Wed, Sep 7, 2016 at 7:38 AM, Ori Zakin <ori at drivenets.com> wrote: > Can you run ?ip link? on host? > Check if the physical device is up. > > Ori > > > > Message: 1 > > Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2016 14:09:04 -0400 > > From: Sandeep Rayapudi <rayapudisandeep at gmail.com> > > To: users at dpdk.org > > Subject: [dpdk-users] PMD: eth_ixgbevf_dev_init(): VF Initialization > > Failure: -15 > > Message-ID: > > <CAJU=zSW2A3u36H2O2Nhizc2ME1E-EHE9KvBPDHzqT3kXSY5TxQ at mail. > gmail.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > > > Hi all, when i tried to run pktgen/testpmd on the container with SR-IOV > VF, > > VF Init fails with error code -15. Any inputs please? > > > > Steps I followed are: > > > > 1. Create a Virtual Function on NIC > > > > a. Add boot option for the host: *iommu=pt intel_iommu=on* > > > > b. Without this option, we're unable to edit the file: > > /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:05:00.0/sriov_numvfs > > > > c. After reboot, echo *1* > sriov_numvfs > > > > d. Now, we're able to see *1 *Virtual Function in *lspci | grep -i > > ethernet* output > > > > e. Now dpdk-devbind tool displays that the virtual function bound to > > *ixgbevf* > > > > 2. Bind the VF NIC to vfio-pci > > > > 3. Create the mountpoint > > > > 4. Start the container with: > > > > a. docker run --privileged -itd -v */dev/vfio/vfio0:/dev/vfio/ > vfio0* > > -v /mnt/huge_c0/:/dev/hugepages/ -v > > /sys/bus/pci/drivers:/sys/bus/pci/drivers -v > > /sys/kernel/mm/hugepages:/sys/kernel/mm/hugepages -v > > /sys/devices/system/node:/sys/devices/system/node -v /dev:/dev -v > /usr:/usr > > -v /lib:/lib > > > > 5. Start DPDK application > > > > ./app/app/x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc/pktgen -c 0x1f -n 3 -- -P -m "2.0" > > > > > > Copyright (c) <2010-2016>, Intel Corporation. All rights reserved. > Powered > > by Intel? DPDK > > > > EAL: Detected 28 lcore(s) > > > > EAL: No free hugepages reported in hugepages-1048576kB > > > > EAL: Probing VFIO support... > > > > EAL: VFIO support initialized > > > > PMD: bnxt_rte_pmd_init() called for (null) > > > > EAL: PCI device 0000:04:00.0 on NUMA socket 0 > > > > EAL: probe driver: 8086:10fb rte_ixgbe_pmd > > > > EAL: PCI device 0000:04:00.1 on NUMA socket 0 > > > > EAL: probe driver: 8086:10fb rte_ixgbe_pmd > > > > EAL: PCI device 0000:05:00.0 on NUMA socket 0 > > > > EAL: probe driver: 8086:10fb rte_ixgbe_pmd > > > > EAL: PCI device 0000:05:00.1 on NUMA socket 0 > > > > EAL: probe driver: 8086:10fb rte_ixgbe_pmd > > > > EAL: PCI device 0000:05:10.0 on NUMA socket 0 > > > > EAL: probe driver: 8086:10ed rte_ixgbevf_pmd > > > > EAL: using IOMMU type 1 (Type 1) > > > > PMD: eth_ixgbevf_dev_init(): VF Initialization Failure: -15 > > > > EAL: Error - exiting with code: 1 > > > > Cause: Requested device 0000:05:10.0 cannot be used > > > > Thanks, > > Sandeep >
