Hello Paul, Some comments inline:
> -----Original Message----- > From: users [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Paul Tsvika > Sent: Saturday, June 17, 2017 9:17 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [dpdk-users] Run testpmd application and encountered no free > page issues > > Anyone, > > or my question is not clear enough ? > > > > Thanks > > > > > Paul > > 2017-06-16 18:20 GMT+08:00 Paul Tsvika <[email protected]>: > > > Hi, > > > > I have one board with two 10G etherent on it. ( and two 1G ethernet as > > well ) > > > > Below is my working environment: > > > > OS: Ubuntu 16.04 > > 10G Ethernet controller: X552/X557-AT 10GBASE-T > > Ethernet driver: ixgbe - 4.2.1-k > > dpdk version: 17.02.1 > > > > In order to avoid doing configuration incorrectly, i run the dpdk-setup.sh > > in the directory usertools. > > > > Press enter to continue ... > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > Step 1: Select the DPDK environment to build > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > [1] arm64-armv8a-linuxapp-gcc > > [2] arm64-dpaa2-linuxapp-gcc > > [3] arm64-thunderx-linuxapp-gcc > > [4] arm64-xgene1-linuxapp-gcc > > [5] arm-armv7a-linuxapp-gcc > > [6] i686-native-linuxapp-gcc > > [7] i686-native-linuxapp-icc > > [8] ppc_64-power8-linuxapp-gcc > > [9] tile-tilegx-linuxapp-gcc > > [10] x86_64-native-bsdapp-clang > > [11] x86_64-native-bsdapp-gcc > > [12] x86_64-native-linuxapp-clang > > [13] x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc > > [14] x86_64-native-linuxapp-icc > > [15] x86_x32-native-linuxapp-gcc > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > Step 2: Setup linuxapp environment > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > [16] Insert IGB UIO module > > [17] Insert VFIO module > > [18] Insert KNI module > > [19] Setup hugepage mappings for non-NUMA systems > > [20] Setup hugepage mappings for NUMA systems > > [21] Display current Ethernet/Crypto device settings > > [22] Bind Ethernet/Crypto device to IGB UIO module > > [23] Bind Ethernet/Crypto device to VFIO module > > [24] Setup VFIO permissions > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > Step 3: Run test application for linuxapp environment > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > [25] Run test application ($RTE_TARGET/app/test) > > [26] Run testpmd application in interactive mode ($RTE_TARGET/app/testpmd) > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > Step 4: Other tools > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > [27] List hugepage info from /proc/meminfo > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > Step 5: Uninstall and system cleanup > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > [28] Unbind devices from IGB UIO or VFIO driver > > [29] Remove IGB UIO module > > [30] Remove VFIO module > > [31] Remove KNI module > > [32] Remove hugepage mappings > > > > [33] Exit Script > > > > *Option: 19* > > > > Removing currently reserved hugepages > > Unmounting /mnt/huge and removing directory > > > > Input the number of 2048kB hugepages > > Example: to have 128MB of hugepages available in a 2MB huge page system, > > enter '64' to reserve 64 * 2MB pages > > Number of pages: 64 > > Reserving hugepages > > Creating /mnt/huge and mounting as hugetlbfs Essentially you are trying to reserve 64x2M = 128M memory. Did you try increasing it? > > > > Press enter to continue ... > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > Step 1: Select the DPDK environment to build > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > [1] arm64-armv8a-linuxapp-gcc > > [2] arm64-dpaa2-linuxapp-gcc > > [3] arm64-thunderx-linuxapp-gcc > > [4] arm64-xgene1-linuxapp-gcc > > [5] arm-armv7a-linuxapp-gcc > > [6] i686-native-linuxapp-gcc > > [7] i686-native-linuxapp-icc > > [8] ppc_64-power8-linuxapp-gcc > > [9] tile-tilegx-linuxapp-gcc > > [10] x86_64-native-bsdapp-clang > > [11] x86_64-native-bsdapp-gcc > > [12] x86_64-native-linuxapp-clang > > [13] x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc > > [14] x86_64-native-linuxapp-icc > > [15] x86_x32-native-linuxapp-gcc > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > Step 2: Setup linuxapp environment > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > [16] Insert IGB UIO module > > [17] Insert VFIO module > > [18] Insert KNI module > > [19] Setup hugepage mappings for non-NUMA systems > > [20] Setup hugepage mappings for NUMA systems > > [21] Display current Ethernet/Crypto device settings > > [22] Bind Ethernet/Crypto device to IGB UIO module > > [23] Bind Ethernet/Crypto device to VFIO module > > [24] Setup VFIO permissions > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > Step 3: Run test application for linuxapp environment > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > [25] Run test application ($RTE_TARGET/app/test) > > [26] Run testpmd application in interactive mode ($RTE_TARGET/app/testpmd) > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > Step 4: Other tools > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > [27] List hugepage info from /proc/meminfo > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > Step 5: Uninstall and system cleanup > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > [28] Unbind devices from IGB UIO or VFIO driver > > [29] Remove IGB UIO module > > [30] Remove VFIO module > > [31] Remove KNI module > > [32] Remove hugepage mappings > > > > [33] Exit Script > > > > *Option: 26* > > > > > > Enter hex bitmask of cores to execute testpmd app on > > Example: to execute app on cores 0 to 7, enter 0xff > > bitmask: 0xff > > Launching app > > EAL: Detected 16 lcore(s) > > EAL: No free hugepages reported in hugepages-1048576kB > > EAL: Probing VFIO support... > > EAL: PCI device 0000:03:00.0 on NUMA socket 0 > > EAL: probe driver: 8086:15ad net_ixgbe > > EAL: PCI device 0000:03:00.1 on NUMA socket 0 > > EAL: probe driver: 8086:15ad net_ixgbe > > EAL: PCI device 0000:05:00.0 on NUMA socket 0 > > EAL: probe driver: 8086:1521 net_e1000_igb > > EAL: PCI device 0000:05:00.1 on NUMA socket 0 > > EAL: probe driver: 8086:1521 net_e1000_igb > > EAL: No probed ethernet devices > > Interactive-mode selected > > USER1: create a new mbuf pool <mbuf_pool_socket_0>: n=203456, size=2176, > > socket=0 Testpmd is trying to allocate 203456*2176 bytes ~ 442MB. Can you try with memory more than this number? Or, try with 'total-num-mbufs=<>' passed to testpmd. > > EAL: Error - exiting with code: 1 > > Cause: Creation of mbuf pool for socket 0 failed: Cannot allocate memory > > > > > > Is there anything I might not do right ? > > > > Your reply is appreciated. > > > > > > > > Paul > > > > -- > > P.T > > > > > > -- > P.T
