We checked again and saw the feature is not fully working. A BZ ticket was opened for that - https://bugs.dpdk.org/show_bug.cgi?id=645
Regards, Asaf Penso >-----Original Message----- >From: users <users-boun...@dpdk.org> On Behalf Of Asaf Penso >Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2021 10:12 AM >To: Jan Viktorin <vikto...@cesnet.cz>; Matan Azrad <ma...@nvidia.com>; >Shahaf Shuler <shah...@nvidia.com>; Slava Ovsiienko ><viachesl...@nvidia.com> >Cc: users@dpdk.org >Subject: Re: [dpdk-users] does mlx5 support lpbk_mode? > >Hello Jan, > >The feature is expected to work. >Let's work offline to get more details and once we conclude we can post here >the outcome. > >Regards, >Asaf Penso > >>-----Original Message----- >>From: users <users-boun...@dpdk.org> On Behalf Of Jan Viktorin >>Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2021 5:59 PM >>To: Matan Azrad <ma...@nvidia.com>; Shahaf Shuler ><shah...@nvidia.com>; >>Slava Ovsiienko <viachesl...@nvidia.com> >>Cc: users@dpdk.org >>Subject: [dpdk-users] does mlx5 support lpbk_mode? >> >>Hello, >> >>can somebody please tell me whether lpbk_mode works for mellanox NICs? >>I found 65c9d24170c9 ("net/mlx5: enable loopback by configured mode") >>that seems to implement this feature for mlx5. But setting lpbk_mode in >>rte_eth_conf does not seem to work for me (ixgbe works with this). >> >>Are there any other ways how to configure such HW loopback-mode >>mellanox NICs (both mlx5, mlx4)? >> >>Thanks >>Jan