Hi Gabor, 2025-02-24 21:19 (UTC+0100), Gábor LENCSE: > I am trying to run dpdk-testpmd on a Dell PowerEdge R730 server with > Mellanox ConnectX-4 Lx NIC card. I can bind the vfio-pci driver: > > root@dut3:~# dpdk-devbind.py --status > > Network devices using DPDK-compatible driver > ============================================ > 0000:05:00.0 'MT27710 Family [ConnectX-4 Lx] 1015' drv=vfio-pci > unused=mlx5_core,uio_pci_generic > 0000:05:00.1 'MT27710 Family [ConnectX-4 Lx] 1015' drv=vfio-pci > unused=mlx5_core,uio_pci_generic
Mellanox NICs need mlx5_core kernel driver even when used via DPDK.
