Hi Marcelo, Apologies. It wasn't clear that you had actually hands on experience of the issue.
Regards, Billy. > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:ovs-dev- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of O Mahony, Billy > Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2018 10:32 AM > To: Marcelo Ricardo Leitner <[email protected]>; > [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [ovs-dev] [PATCH] netdev-dpdk: fix MAC address in port addr > example > > Hi Marcelo, > > I haven't used the specific cards referred to in the surrounding documentation > but I don't think the 'mac' address format is a typo. > > The notation is specific to some vendor NICs that have several Ethernet > devices > sharing a single PCI bus:device.function address. In that case the PCI address > alone cannot distinguish the Ethernet device to be uses ofr the dpdk port. > > "Some NICs (i.e. Mellanox ConnectX-3) have only one PCI address associated > with multiple ports. Using a PCI device like above won't work. Instead, below > usage is suggested::" > > Regards, > Billy. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto:ovs-dev- > > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Marcelo Ricardo Leitner > > Sent: Monday, April 9, 2018 6:21 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Cc: [email protected]; [email protected] > > Subject: [ovs-dev] [PATCH] netdev-dpdk: fix MAC address in port addr > > example > > > > The MAC address is always 6-bytes long, never 7. The extra :01 and :02 > > doesn't belong in there as it doesn't mean selecting one port or another. > > > > Instead, use an incrementing MAC address, which is what usually > > happens on such cards. > > > > See-also: http://www.dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2018-April/094976.html > > Fixes: 5e7588186839 ("netdev-dpdk: fix port addition for ports sharing > > same PCI > > id") > > Signed-off-by: Marcelo Ricardo Leitner <[email protected]> > > --- > > Documentation/howto/dpdk.rst | 4 ++-- > > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/Documentation/howto/dpdk.rst > > b/Documentation/howto/dpdk.rst index > > > 79b626c76d0dd45381bd75ab867b7815ca941208..69e692f40d500cf65d59d1979 > > e07afa6f99cf903 100644 > > --- a/Documentation/howto/dpdk.rst > > +++ b/Documentation/howto/dpdk.rst > > @@ -53,9 +53,9 @@ with multiple ports. Using a PCI device like above > > won't work. Instead, below usage is suggested:: > > > > $ ovs-vsctl add-port br0 dpdk-p0 -- set Interface dpdk-p0 type=dpdk \ > > - options:dpdk-devargs="class=eth,mac=00:11:22:33:44:55:01" > > + options:dpdk-devargs="class=eth,mac=00:11:22:33:44:55" > > $ ovs-vsctl add-port br0 dpdk-p1 -- set Interface dpdk-p1 type=dpdk \ > > - options:dpdk-devargs="class=eth,mac=00:11:22:33:44:55:02" > > + options:dpdk-devargs="class=eth,mac=00:11:22:33:44:56" > > > > Note: such syntax won't support hotplug. The hotplug is supposed to > > work with future DPDK release, v18.05. > > -- > > 2.14.3 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > dev mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://mail.openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/ovs-dev > _______________________________________________ > dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/ovs-dev _______________________________________________ dev mailing list [email protected] https://mail.openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/ovs-dev
