On Thu, 2 Jan 2014 22:01:50 +0530
Raj Ravi <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi,
> I am trying to update to these drivers(ixgbe-3.18.7.tar.gz
> , ixgbevf-2.11.3.tar.gz)  from existing versions of drivers.
> 
> With my existing drivers, I can see multiple virtual function for each
> physical port  properly created.
> 
> for eg:  modprobe ixgbe max_vfs=2
> This creates two virtual functions for each Physical port.
> eth0, eth2, eth3 every physical contains two virtual functions. I can
> verify this with lspci, ethtool -i bus info.
> 
> I have replaced existing drivers with ixgbe-3.18.7.tar.gz
> , ixgbevf-2.11.3.tar.gz, (by updating them in /lib/modules/.. )
> then tried , modprobe ixgbe max_vfs=2
> 
> This creates two virtual function only for "FIRST PORT".
> In my case eth0 only contains two virtual function.  eth2, eth3 are
> not showing any Virtual function .
> Any idea about this ?  Is there any issue with these drivers ?? I
> need to load them in any other way ??

The out of tree drivers use positional paramater placement.  If you
have four ports then the command using the OOT drivers would be like
this:

modprobe ixgbe max_vfs=2,2,2,2

It's an additional feature of the OOT driver that you're able to create
different numbers of VFs, or none at all, per port.

- Greg

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