On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 7:36 AM, MCGRATH, GIL <[email protected]> wrote: > All, > > I build OVS from github trunk following the DPDK instructions. > A few questions: > > Can I also load the kernel module and use create non datapath_type=netdev > and non type=dpdk ports? (I.e. Use OVS as I normally do on non DPDK > interfaces?) > When I did the following command "$DPDK_DIR/tools/dpdk_nic_bind.py > --bind=igb_uio p1p1” I notice that the device “p1p1” is no longer present on > “ip a” output. What device do I use to add-port tot he bridge using > type=dpdk? The output of "$DPDK_DIR/tools/dpdk_nic_bind.py —status” is: > `dpdk_nic_bind --bind` command removes nic from kernel stack and moves it under userspace driver. So ip command can not see those nics.
> Network devices using DPDK-compatible driver > ============================================ > 0000:05:00.0 '82599 10 Gigabit Dual Port Backplane Connection' drv=igb_uio > unused= > > Network devices using kernel driver > =================================== > 0000:04:00.0 'OneConnect 10Gb NIC (be3)' if=em1 drv=be2net unused=igb_uio > 0000:04:00.1 'OneConnect 10Gb NIC (be3)' if=em2 drv=be2net unused=igb_uio > 0000:04:00.2 'OneConnect 10Gb NIC (be3)' if=em3 drv=be2net unused=igb_uio > 0000:04:00.3 'OneConnect 10Gb NIC (be3)' if=em4 drv=be2net unused=igb_uio > *Active* > 0000:05:00.1 '82599 10 Gigabit Dual Port Backplane Connection' if=p1p2 > drv=ixgbe unused=igb_uio > 0000:21:00.0 '82599 10 Gigabit Dual Port Backplane Connection' if=p2p1 > drv=ixgbe unused=igb_uio > 0000:21:00.1 '82599 10 Gigabit Dual Port Backplane Connection' if=p2p2 > drv=ixgbe unused=igb_uio > > Other network devices > ===================== > <none> > > — Gil > > > _______________________________________________ > discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
