Public bug reported: Ubuntu 14.04.4 and SRIOV settings.
As already documented in https://bugs.launchpad.net/mos/+bug/1501738 there is a bug in the default libnl library release installed on Ubuntu 14.04.4 The library release is the 3.2.21-1 and the bug is impacting on the maximum VFs number that can be enabled (up to 30) even if the PF supports up to 63 VFs in an Openstack SRIOV configuration The workaround is to install a newer library release, the 3.2.24-2: wget https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archive/primary/+files/libnl-3-200_3.2.24-2_amd64.deb wget https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archive/primary/+files/libnl-genl-3-200_3.2.24-2_amd64.deb wget https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archive/primary/+files/libnl-route-3-200_3.2.24-2_amd64.deb dpkg -i libnl-3-200_3.2.24-2_amd64.deb dpkg -i libnl-genl-3-200_3.2.24-2_amd64.deb dpkg -i libnl-route-3-200_3.2.24-2_amd64.deb ** Affects: libnl3 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: Confirmed ** Tags: 14.04.4 libnl nova-compute openstack sriov ubuntu vf -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to libnl3 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1567578 Title: libnl should be updated to support up to 63 VFs per single PF Status in libnl3 package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Ubuntu 14.04.4 and SRIOV settings. As already documented in https://bugs.launchpad.net/mos/+bug/1501738 there is a bug in the default libnl library release installed on Ubuntu 14.04.4 The library release is the 3.2.21-1 and the bug is impacting on the maximum VFs number that can be enabled (up to 30) even if the PF supports up to 63 VFs in an Openstack SRIOV configuration The workaround is to install a newer library release, the 3.2.24-2: wget https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archive/primary/+files/libnl-3-200_3.2.24-2_amd64.deb wget https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archive/primary/+files/libnl-genl-3-200_3.2.24-2_amd64.deb wget https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archive/primary/+files/libnl-route-3-200_3.2.24-2_amd64.deb dpkg -i libnl-3-200_3.2.24-2_amd64.deb dpkg -i libnl-genl-3-200_3.2.24-2_amd64.deb dpkg -i libnl-route-3-200_3.2.24-2_amd64.deb To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libnl3/+bug/1567578/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
