[ovs-discuss] Cannot add dpdkvhost user ports

haris tanvir haristanvir at hotmail.com
Tue Oct 13 19:21:50 UTC 2015


Hi Ciara,Yes i have made sure that 'CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_VHOST_USER=y ' is also checked (It is checked by default)But the problem persists.
RegardsHaris 

> From: ciara.loftus at intel.com
> To: haristanvir at hotmail.com
> CC: discuss at openvswitch.org
> Subject: RE: [ovs-discuss] Cannot add dpdkvhost user ports
> Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2015 16:23:38 +0000
> 
> > 
> > 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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