You should look at emails from -(Hint: search DPDK in subject) https://mail.openvswitch.org/pipermail/ovs-discuss/2017-March/thread.html https://mail.openvswitch.org/pipermail/ovs-discuss/2017-April/thread.html https://mail.openvswitch.org/pipermail/ovs-discuss/2017-April/044155.html
If possible, I would recommend using Ubuntu 17.04 with OVS 2.7 with DPDK packages from http://packages.wand.net.nz/ which can simplify your deployment. /Shivaram On Fri, Apr 14, 2017 at 4:04 AM, Vincenzo Maffione < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > I would like to attach one of my ixgbe NIC ports to an OpenVSwitch > instance, but I keep getting an unexpected error, see below. > > I've successfully bound both my ixgbe NIC ports to DPDK, using VFIO: > > # tools/dpdk-devbind.py --status > > Network devices using DPDK-compatible driver > ============================================ > 0000:01:00.0 '82599ES 10-Gigabit SFI/SFP+ Network Connection' drv=vfio-pci > unused=ixgbe > 0000:01:00.1 '82599ES 10-Gigabit SFI/SFP+ Network Connection' drv=vfio-pci > unused=ixgbe > > Network devices using kernel driver > =================================== > 0000:00:19.0 'Ethernet Connection (2) I218-V' if=eno1 drv=e1000e > unused=vfio-pci > 0000:06:00.0 'RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller' > if=enp6s0 drv=r8169 unused=vfio-pci > 0000:07:00.0 '82574L Gigabit Network Connection' if=enp7s0 drv=e1000e > unused=vfio-pci > > Other network devices > ===================== > <none> > > Crypto devices using DPDK-compatible driver > =========================================== > <none> > > Crypto devices using kernel driver > ================================== > <none> > > Other crypto devices > ==================== > <none> > > > Then I created a bridge > > # ovs-vsctl add-br obr1 -- set bridge obr1 datapath_type=netdev > > But then when trying to add the dpdk NIC: > > # ovs-vsctl add-port obr1 dpdk-p0 -- set Interface dpdk-p0 type=dpdk > options:dpdk-devargs=0000:01:00.0 > > the command fails, and I get this in the log: > > ovs-vswitchd[353]: 2017-04-14T10:54:06Z|00026|bridge|WARN|could not open > network device dpdk-p0 (No such device) > ovs-vswitchd[353]: ovs|00026|bridge|WARN|could not open network device > dpdk-p0 (No such device) > > Note that I've successfully managed to setup an OVS instance with two DPDK > vhost-user ports (each one assigned to a QEMU VM): this is why I'm > confident my OVS is built and configured correctly to work with DPDK. Also, > DPDK by itself is working as expected, I can use dpdk pktgen. > Moreover, OVS log shows that DPDK is recognized > > [...] > ovs|00005|dpdk|INFO|DPDK Enabled, initializing > [...] > > Note that I'm carefully following the documentation here > http://docs.openvswitch.org/en/latest/intro/install/dpdk/ and here > http://docs.openvswitch.org/en/latest/howto/dpdk/ > > More info: > > DPDK version: 16.11 > OVS version: 2.6.1, configured with --with-dpdk > Host: Archlinux > /proc/cmdline: BOOT_IMAGE=../vmlinuz-linux-vfio > root=UUID=1c777330-3f00-4ab8-8d5d-d4b2b5d860b0 rw intel_iommu=on > hugepages=2048 pci=assign-busses pcie_acs_override=downstream > initrd=../initramfs-linux-vfio.img > > Can anybody help? I'm at a loss here. > > Thanks, > Vincenzo >
