Yes it shoud be enabled because I see "DPDK drivers found no ports..." in output from "vpp unix interactive" command:
[root@overcloud-novacompute-1 ~]# vpp unix interactive vlib_plugin_early_init:356: plugin path /usr/lib/vpp_plugins load_one_plugin:184: Loaded plugin: acl_plugin.so (Access Control Lists) load_one_plugin:184: Loaded plugin: dpdk_plugin.so (Data Plane Development Kit (DPDK)) load_one_plugin:184: Loaded plugin: flowperpkt_plugin.so (Flow per Packet) load_one_plugin:184: Loaded plugin: gtpu_plugin.so (GTPv1-U) load_one_plugin:184: Loaded plugin: ila_plugin.so (Identifier-locator addressing for IPv6) load_one_plugin:184: Loaded plugin: ioam_plugin.so (Inbound OAM) load_one_plugin:114: Plugin disabled (default): ixge_plugin.so load_one_plugin:184: Loaded plugin: lb_plugin.so (Load Balancer) load_one_plugin:184: Loaded plugin: libsixrd_plugin.so (IPv6 Rapid Deployment on IPv4 Infrastructure (RFC5969)) load_one_plugin:184: Loaded plugin: memif_plugin.so (Packet Memory Interface (experimetal)) load_one_plugin:184: Loaded plugin: snat_plugin.so (Network Address Translation) load_one_plugin:63: Loaded plugin: /usr/lib/vpp_api_test_plugins/acl_test_plugin.so load_one_plugin:63: Loaded plugin: /usr/lib/vpp_api_test_plugins/dpdk_test_plugin.so load_one_plugin:63: Loaded plugin: /usr/lib/vpp_api_test_plugins/flowperpkt_test_plugin.so load_one_plugin:63: Loaded plugin: /usr/lib/vpp_api_test_plugins/gtpu_test_plugin.so load_one_plugin:63: Loaded plugin: /usr/lib/vpp_api_test_plugins/ioam_export_test_plugin.so load_one_plugin:63: Loaded plugin: /usr/lib/vpp_api_test_plugins/ioam_pot_test_plugin.so load_one_plugin:63: Loaded plugin: /usr/lib/vpp_api_test_plugins/ioam_trace_test_plugin.so load_one_plugin:63: Loaded plugin: /usr/lib/vpp_api_test_plugins/ioam_vxlan_gpe_test_plugin.so load_one_plugin:63: Loaded plugin: /usr/lib/vpp_api_test_plugins/lb_test_plugin.so load_one_plugin:63: Loaded plugin: /usr/lib/vpp_api_test_plugins/snat_test_plugin.so load_one_plugin:63: Loaded plugin: /usr/lib/vpp_api_test_plugins/udp_ping_test_plugin.so load_one_plugin:63: Loaded plugin: /usr/lib/vpp_api_test_plugins/vxlan_gpe_ioam_export_test_plugin.so EAL: No free hugepages reported in hugepages-1048576kB EAL: VFIO support initialized DPDK physical memory layout: Segment 0: phys:0x18400000, len:247463936, virt:0x7f9d81a00000, socket_id:0, hugepage_sz:2097152, nchannel:0, nrank:0 Segment 1: phys:0x31c00000, len:20971520, virt:0x7f9d5b000000, socket_id:0, hugepage_sz:2097152, nchannel:0, nrank:0 Segment 2: phys:0x2d44800000, len:2097152, virt:0x7f9b1be00000, socket_id:1, hugepage_sz:2097152, nchannel:0, nrank:0 Segment 3: phys:0x2d44c00000, len:266338304, virt:0x7f98ec400000, socket_id:1, hugepage_sz:2097152, nchannel:0, nrank:0 0: dpdk_ipsec_process:239: not enough Cryptodevs, default to OpenSSL IPsec 0: dpdk_lib_init:182: DPDK drivers found no ports... 0: svm_client_scan_this_region_nolock:1140: /vpe-api: cleanup ghost pid 5540 0: svm_client_scan_this_region_nolock:1140: /global_vm: cleanup ghost pid 5540 _______ _ _ _____ ___ __/ __/ _ \ (_)__ | | / / _ \/ _ \ _/ _// // / / / _ \ | |/ / ___/ ___/ /_/ /____(_)_/\___/ |___/_/ /_/ vpp# sh int Name Idx State Counter Count local0 0 down -----Original Message----- From: vpp-dev-boun...@lists.fd.io [mailto:vpp-dev-boun...@lists.fd.io] On Behalf Of Kinsella, Ray Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2017 2:16 PM To: vpp-dev@lists.fd.io Subject: Re: [vpp-dev] VPP has no interfaces after update from 1704 to 1707 master Is the dpdk plugin enabled? Ray K On 23/05/2017 13:01, Michal Cmarada -X (mcmarada - PANTHEON TECHNOLOGIES at Cisco) wrote: > Hi VPP devs, > > > > I tried to update VPP to master version from stable 1704 on Centos. In > 1704 everything was working. Now in 1707 master VPP does not pick the > physical interfaces. I tried to change the drivers and I whitelisted > the interfaces in startup.conf for vpp. All the interfaces are down so > VPP should pick them. But nothing works. I tried to update dpdk to the > version that was provided on vpp repo but it didn`t help. Can you help > me with this issue? > > > > Here are some details that may help: > > OS: centos-release-7-3.1611.el7.centos.x86_64 > > > > Installed Packages > > Name : vpp > > Arch : x86_64 > > Version : 17.07 > > Release : rc0~274_gbb292f4~b2376 > > Size : 1.7 M > > Repo : installed > > From repo : fdio-master > > Summary : Vector Packet Processing > > License : MIT > > Description : This package provides VPP executables: vpp, > vpp_api_test, vpp_json_test > > : vpp - the vector packet engine > > : vpp_api_test - vector packet engine API test tool > > : vpp_json_test - vector packet engine JSON test tool > > > > Installed Packages > > Name : dpdk > > Arch : x86_64 > > Version : 16.11 > > Release : 5.el7.centos > > Size : 3.5 M > > Repo : installed > > From repo : fdio-master > > Summary : Set of libraries and drivers for fast packet processing > > URL : http://dpdk.org > > License : BSD and LGPLv2 and GPLv2 > > Description : The Data Plane Development Kit is a set of libraries and > drivers for > > : fast packet processing in the user space. > > > > vpp# sh pci > > Address Sock VID:PID Link Speed Driver Product > Name Vital Product Data > > 0000:06:00.0 0 1137:0043 8.0 GT/s x16 enic > > 0000:07:00.0 0 1137:0043 8.0 GT/s x16 enic > > 0000:08:00.0 0 1137:0043 8.0 GT/s x16 enic > > 0000:09:00.0 0 1137:0043 8.0 GT/s x16 enic > > 0000:10:00.0 0 1137:0043 8.0 GT/s x16 enic > > 0000:11:00.0 0 1137:0043 8.0 GT/s x16 enic > > 0000:12:00.0 0 1137:0043 8.0 GT/s x16 enic > > 0000:0a:00.0 0 1137:0043 8.0 GT/s x16 enic > > 0000:0f:00.0 0 1137:0043 8.0 GT/s x16 enic > > > > Thanks > > Michal > > > > _______________________________________________ > vpp-dev mailing list > vpp-dev@lists.fd.io > https://lists.fd.io/mailman/listinfo/vpp-dev > _______________________________________________ vpp-dev mailing list vpp-dev@lists.fd.io https://lists.fd.io/mailman/listinfo/vpp-dev _______________________________________________ vpp-dev mailing list vpp-dev@lists.fd.io https://lists.fd.io/mailman/listinfo/vpp-dev