[ovs-discuss] Cannot add dpdkvhost user ports

[Loftus, Ciara]

> 
> Hi,
> I am trying to add in dpdkvhostuser ports in openvswitch 2.4
> I have followed all the steps described in following documentation
> http://www.ran-lifshitz.com/2015/06/17/open-vswitch-netdev-dpdk-with-
> vhost-user-support/
> I have made sure that following checks are enabled when i build dpdk
> CONFIG_RTE_BUILD_COMBINE_LIBS=y
> CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_VHOST=y
> 
> After all the steps, i am able to add ports of type 'dpdk' but when i add port
> of type 'dpdkvhostuser', it throws out following error in the logs
> bridge|WARN|could not open network device dpdkvhost0 (Address family
> not supported by protocol)
> 
> And surprisingly, it adds ports of 'vhostcuse' just fine, even though i have
> made sure a thousand times that i have checked vhostuser flag rather than
> vhostcuse flag (CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_VHOST=y in
Make sure that CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_VHOST_USER=y too.

> dpdk2.0.0/config/linux_common . Infact i have not even loaded 'cuse'
> module.
> 
> Can someone please point it some step im missing?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Regards
> Haris Tanvir
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