[ovs-discuss] Intel X550T2 nic dpdk issue

[Satish Patel]

Update:

After upgrade firmware still same errors

# ethtool -i ext1
driver: ixgbe
version: 5.1.0-k
firmware-version: 0x800013d1, 20.0.16
expansion-rom-version:
bus-info: 0000:af:00.1
supports-statistics: yes
supports-test: yes
supports-eeprom-access: yes
supports-register-dump: yes
supports-priv-flags: yes

On Mon, Oct 4, 2021 at 9:33 AM Satish Patel <satish.txt at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Folks,
>
> I am new to this nic series and just found a strange issue, i am sure
> people are using this nic in production with dpdk.
>
> # ovs-vsctl add-port br-vlan dpdk-1 -- set Interface dpdk-1 type=dpdk
> options:dpdk-devargs=0000:3b:00.1
> ovs-vsctl: Error detected while setting up 'dpdk-1': Error attaching
> device '0000:3b:00.1' to DPDK.  See ovs-vswitchd log for details.
> ovs-vsctl: The default log directory is "/var/log/openvswitch".
>
>
> 2021-10-04T13:20:05.751Z|00272|dpdk|ERR|EAL: Driver cannot attach the
> device (0000:3b:00.1)
> 2021-10-04T13:20:05.751Z|00273|dpdk|ERR|EAL: Failed to attach device
> on primary process
> 2021-10-04T13:20:05.751Z|00274|netdev_dpdk|WARN|Error attaching device
> '0000:3b:00.1' to DPDK
> 2021-10-04T13:20:05.751Z|00275|netdev|WARN|dpdk-1: could not set
> configuration (Invalid argument)
> 2021-10-04T13:20:05.751Z|00276|dpdk|ERR|Invalid port_id=32
>
>
> # dpdk-devbind.py -s
>
> Network devices using DPDK-compatible driver
> ============================================
> 0000:3b:00.0 'Ethernet Controller 10G X550T 1563' drv=vfio-pci unused=ixgbe
> 0000:3b:00.1 'Ethernet Controller 10G X550T 1563' drv=vfio-pci unused=ixgbe
>
> Network devices using kernel driver
> ===================================
> 0000:04:00.0 'NetXtreme BCM5720 2-port Gigabit Ethernet PCIe 165f'
> if=eno1 drv=tg3 unused=vfio-pci
> 0000:04:00.1 'NetXtreme BCM5720 2-port Gigabit Ethernet PCIe 165f'
> if=eno2 drv=tg3 unused=vfio-pci
> 0000:af:00.0 'Ethernet Controller 10G X550T 1563' if=int1 drv=ixgbe
> unused=vfio-pci
> 0000:af:00.1 'Ethernet Controller 10G X550T 1563' if=ext1 drv=ixgbe
> unused=vfio-pci
>
>
> # ethtool -i ext0
> driver: ixgbe
> version: 5.1.0-k
> firmware-version: 0x80000f32, 19.5.12
> expansion-rom-version:
> bus-info: 0000:3b:00.1
> supports-statistics: yes
> supports-test: yes
> supports-eeprom-access: yes
> supports-register-dump: yes
> supports-priv-flags: yes
>
> Do you think it is related firmware issue or driver version?