Hi, > -----Original Message----- > From: animesh tripathi <anitrip....@gmail.com> > Sent: Thursday, October 7, 2021 8:19 AM > To: users@dpdk.org > Subject: Mellaox nic binding to driver. > > Hi Team, > > Do I need to bind the mellanox nic to any driver to use it with dpdk. In case > of > intel, I am binding the pcie with igb_uio driver For Mellanox NIC's you don't need to bind them to igb_uio, need to keep them bounded to their original kernel driver mlx5_core. > > In case of mellanox nic, if I am binding the mellanox nic to igb_io, I am > getting > the following error: > > EAL: Detected 24 lcore(s) > EAL: Detected 1 NUMA nodes > EAL: Auto-detected process type: PRIMARY > EAL: Detected static linkage of DPDK > EAL: Multi-process socket /var/run/dpdk/nr_dpdk/mp_socket > EAL: Selected IOVA mode 'PA' > EAL: VFIO support initialized > EAL: Probe PCI driver: mlx5_pci (15b3:101d) device: 0000:b5:00.0 (socket 0) > mlx5_net: no Verbs device matches PCI device 0000:b5:00.0, are kernel > drivers loaded? > mlx5_common: Failed to load driver mlx5_eth > EAL: Requested device 0000:b5:00.0 cannot be used > EAL: Probe PCI driver: mlx5_pci (15b3:101d) device: 0000:b5:00.1 (socket 0) > mlx5_net: no Verbs device matches PCI device 0000:b5:00.1, are kernel > drivers loaded? > mlx5_common: Failed to load driver mlx5_eth > EAL: Requested device 0000:b5:00.1 cannot be used > TELEMETRY: No legacy callbacks, legacy socket not created No of ports : 0 > Calling DPDK-Init for PDCP > > But when I do not bind the mellanox nic to any driver, it is working fine. > > Please let me know if my approach is correct. > > Thanks, > Animesh Tripathi
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