I have one mellanox network card. I would like to separate one VF by SR-IOV from this card. And attach this VF to ovs as dpdk interface. But when I got the VF, it can’ t be found by the dpdk.
It seems the PCI is not available(I guess).
I followed the steps of the guide . https://community.mellanox.com/s/article/howto-configure-sr-iov-for-connectx-4-connectx-5-with-kvm--ethernet-x
The only difference to the guide is that the pci module is not loaded. Any suggestions about this ? Thanks. If need more info, i will provide it.
march
April 15, 2019, 12:09pm
2
Hi,
Are you sure your interface is UP (your VF) ?
Did you unbind it bind it correctly ?
#Unbind
echo 0000:81:00.2 > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/mlx5_core/unbind
#set a MAC address
ip link set vf 0 mac 00:22:33:44:55:66
#Bind
echo 0000:81:00.2 > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/mlx5_core/bind
The PCI module not loaded is not related to this error, it is an EAL error.
Check again the PCI ID you specify and if the interface is up.
Thanks
Marc
naoya1
June 20, 2019, 1:40pm
3
What does motherboard use?
SR-IOV needs to enable the following in the BIOS settings.
・ SR-IOV
・ ACS
・ PCI ARI (optional)
reference
Maybe I think ACS is not enabled.
I have confirmed that it can be set with Asrock’s x370 / x470 / b350 mother, but I have not seen it elsewhere.
It may be only you do not know.