+Cc Chas, the maintainer of the bonding PMD
10/08/2019 18:42, Thomas Monjalon:
> Hi,
>
> 08/08/2019 18:28, Greg O'Rawe:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm using DPDK 17.11.5 to bond two interfaces via the vdev syntax, however
> > the two interfaces are on the same NIC and share the same PCI address.
> >
> > Is there a way to reference them using the devargs syntax by MAC address?
> > It is discussed here https://patches.dpdk.org/patch/33808/
> >
> > E.g.
> > class=eth,mac=00:11:22:33:44:55
> >
> > I don't see this as an option in the bond PMD for slave interfaces even in
> > the latest 19.05 release.
>
> It is implemented at ethdev level as a port iterator:
> http://git.dpdk.org/dpdk/commit/?id=8b9ea3b3ca
>
> > I'm trying to set this using VPP e.g. normally:
> > vdev eth_bond0,mode=1,slave=PCI1,slave=PCI2
>
> In order to use this syntax with bonding slaves,
> I think a patch is required.
