[dpdk-ci] [DPDKLAB] 25G Broadcom NIC in Arm hardware

David Liu dliu at iol.unh.edu
Tue Jan 26 22:59:45 CET 2021


Also, I had changed the configuration when I run Broadcom nic.
In the dts folder, you can start it with ./dts -s

On Tue, Jan 26, 2021 at 4:54 PM David Liu <dliu at iol.unh.edu> wrote:

> Hi Ajit,
> Sorry for the late reply.
>
> You can ssh into the machine using the same VPN Username and Password.
> Can you try and see if that works?
>
> Informatio:
> arm-dell.dpdklab.iol.unh.edu
> - dts - located in /opt/dts
> - Trex - located in /opt/trex/v2.87
>
> arm-gigabyte.dpdklab.iol.unh.edu
> - dpdk - located in /root/dpdk
>
>
> Thanks,
> David
>
> On Tue, Jan 19, 2021 at 5:20 PM Ajit Khaparde <ajit.khaparde at broadcom.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi David,
>> Thanks for pinging me. Do you think I could login into the setup and
>> see what is happening?
>> I do have the credentials for two systems in your lab -
>> rhea.dpdklab.iol.unh.edu and io.dpdklab.iol.unh.edu
>> If you can provide me details of the systems you are trying to
>> configure, I could take a look.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Ajit
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 19, 2021 at 1:41 PM David Liu <dliu at iol.unh.edu> wrote:
>> >
>> > Hi Ajit,
>> >
>> > Thank you for helping out.
>> >
>> > How are you doing with this issue?
>> >
>> > Please let me know if you need anything information from us.
>> >
>> > Just some extra information that both Trex and dts are on the same
>> intel tester machine.
>> >
>> > Best,
>> > David
>> >
>> > On Thu, Jan 14, 2021 at 2:12 PM David Liu <dliu at iol.unh.edu> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Yes, so this is the same NIC work on x86.
>> >> By seeing the link, I am assuming you mean the ports that are using
>> for Trex. If so they are UP before I start the Trex.
>> >>
>> >> Thank,
>> >> David
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Thu, Jan 14, 2021 at 1:11 AM Ajit Khaparde <
>> ajit.khaparde at broadcom.com> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> Does the same NIC work on x86?
>> >>> Also do you see link before you start the trex? I am trying to see if
>> the port failed to successfully come up
>> >>> or if there is a problem with the link. Can you check and tell?
>> >>>
>> >>> Thanks
>> >>> Ajit
>> >>>
>> >>> On Wed, Jan 13, 2021 at 4:20 PM David Liu <dliu at iol.unh.edu> wrote:
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Hi Ajit,
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Thank you for helping out.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> We have it working on the x86, but not the Arm.
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Thanks,
>> >>>> David
>> >>>>
>> >>>> On Wed, Jan 13, 2021 at 5:34 PM Ajit Khaparde <
>> ajit.khaparde at broadcom.com> wrote:
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Hi David,
>> >>>>> I will take a look.
>> >>>>> Do you see similar issues on x86? I am asking because
>> >>>>> even I would start with that to create a baseline and then
>> >>>>> attempt on ARM.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Thanks
>> >>>>> Ajit
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> On Wed, Jan 13, 2021 at 12:08 PM David Liu <dliu at iol.unh.edu>
>> wrote:
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> Hi Ajit,
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> We have a 25G Broadcom NIC that is installed on an Arm machine.
>> >>>>>> And I am running into a problem when I try to run
>> nic_single_core_perf on the NIC.
>> >>>>>> Currently, we are using: Trex v2.86 and dts from
>> http://git.dpdk.org/tools/dts/
>> >>>>>> All the NICs are up and running when testing.
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> The problem is an error when I try to run the test case inside the
>> nic_single_core_perf:
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> TestNicSingleCorePerf: Test running at parameters: framesize: 64,
>> rxd/txd: 512
>> >>>>>>>                dut.172.18.0.41:
>> x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc/app/dpdk-testpmd -l 32,33 -n 4
>> --file-prefix=dpdk_15311_20210113190237   -a 0000:93:00.0 -a 0000:93:00.1
>> -- -i --portmask=0x3 --txd=512 --rxd=512 --nb-cores=1
>> >>>>>>>                dut.172.18.0.41: start
>> >>>>>>>          TestNicSingleCorePerf: Test Case
>> test_perf_nic_single_core Result ERROR: Traceback (most recent call last):
>> >>>>>>>   File "/opt/dts/framework/test_case.py", line 319, in
>> _execute_test_case
>> >>>>>>>     case_obj()
>> >>>>>>>   File "tests/TestSuite_nic_single_core_perf.py", line 196, in
>> test_perf_nic_single_core
>> >>>>>>>     self.perf_test(self.nb_ports)
>> >>>>>>>   File "tests/TestSuite_nic_single_core_perf.py", line 270, in
>> perf_test
>> >>>>>>>     _, packets_received =
>> self.tester.pktgen.measure_throughput(stream_ids=streams,
>> options=traffic_opt)
>> >>>>>>>   File "/opt/dts/framework/pktgen_base.py", line 245, in
>> measure_throughput
>> >>>>>>>     self._prepare_transmission(stream_ids=stream_ids)
>> >>>>>>>   File "/opt/dts/framework/pktgen_trex.py", line 778, in
>> _prepare_transmission
>> >>>>>>>     self._conn.reset(ports=self._ports)
>> >>>>>>>   File
>> "/opt/trex/v2.86/automation/trex_control_plane/interactive/trex/common/trex_api_annotators.py",
>> line 51, in wrap2
>> >>>>>>>     ret = f(*args, **kwargs)
>> >>>>>>>   File
>> "/opt/trex/v2.86/automation/trex_control_plane/interactive/trex/stl/trex_stl_client.py",
>> line 339, in reset
>> >>>>>>>     self.clear_stats(ports)
>> >>>>>>>   File
>> "/opt/trex/v2.86/automation/trex_control_plane/interactive/trex/common/trex_api_annotators.py",
>> line 51, in wrap2
>> >>>>>>>     ret = f(*args, **kwargs)
>> >>>>>>>   File
>> "/opt/trex/v2.86/automation/trex_control_plane/interactive/trex/stl/trex_stl_client.py",
>> line 1492, in clear_stats
>> >>>>>>>     self._clear_stats_common(ports, clear_global, clear_xstats)
>> >>>>>>>   File
>> "/opt/trex/v2.86/automation/trex_control_plane/interactive/trex/common/trex_client.py",
>> line 2876, in _clear_stats_common
>> >>>>>>>     raise TRexError(rc)
>> >>>>>>> trex.common.trex_exceptions.TRexError: *** [RPC] - Failed to get
>> server response from tcp://172.18.0.40:4501
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> I also try to run TRex in stateless mode with./t-rex-64 -i --cfg
>> /etc/trex_cfg.yaml and  connect with ./trex-console
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> Then start sending traffic with command
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> trex>start -f stl/imix.py
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> But this will cause an error to turn off Trex.
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> trex>
>> >>>>>>> 2021-01-13 19:56:21 - [server][warning]  - Server has been
>> shutdown - cause: 'WATCHDOG: task 'Trex DP core 1' has not responded for
>> more than 1.00135 seconds - timeout is 1 seconds
>> >>>>>>> *** traceback follows ***
>> >>>>>>> 1       0x561be173cf5a ./_t-rex-64(+0x19af5a) [0x561be173cf5a]
>> >>>>>>> 2       0x7feea3ac0980
>> /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0(+0x12980) [0x7feea3ac0980]
>> >>>>>>> 3       0x561be1a05a2a rte_delay_us_block + 106
>> >>>>>>> 4       0x561be16ce874 CCoreEthIF::send_burst(CCorePerPort*,
>> unsigned short, CVirtualIFPerSideStats*) + 3220
>> >>>>>>> 5       0x561be16abf57 CCoreEthIF::flush_tx_queue() + 31
>> >>>>>>> 6       0x561be171e3d9
>> CNodeGenerator::handle_maintenance(CFlowGenListPerThread*) + 265
>> >>>>>>> 7       0x561be171f7ec
>> CNodeGenerator::handle_flow_sync(CGenNode*, CFlowGenListPerThread*, bool&)
>> + 92
>> >>>>>>> 8       0x561be171fc98
>> CNodeGenerator::handle_slow_messages(unsigned char, CGenNode*,
>> CFlowGenListPerThread*, bool) + 184
>> >>>>>>> 9       0x561be16cb5f1 int
>> CNodeGenerator::flush_file_realtime<23, false>(double, double,
>> CFlowGenListPerThread*, double&) + 881
>> >>>>>>> 10      0x561be1905212 TrexStatelessDpCore::start_scheduler() +
>> 226
>> >>>>>>> 11      0x561be1883ae9 TrexDpCore::start() + 89
>> >>>>>>> 12      0x561be1714113
>> CFlowGenListPerThread::start(std::__cxx11::basic_string<char,
>> std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >&, CPreviewMode&) + 115
>> >>>>>>> 13      0x561be16af8dd CGlobalTRex::run_in_core(unsigned char) +
>> 487
>> >>>>>>> 14      0x561be16d11ad ./_t-rex-64(+0x12f1ad) [0x561be16d11ad]
>> >>>>>>> 15      0x561be1a1dfaa eal_thread_loop + 426
>> >>>>>>> 16      0x7feea3ab56db
>> /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0(+0x76db) [0x7feea3ab56db]
>> >>>>>>> 17      0x7feea2a8571f clone + 63
>> >>>>>>>
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>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> I believe if everything is working, this should not turn off trex
>> but please correct me if I am wrong.
>> >>>>>> I wonder if you have any suggestion of how I can approach this
>> issue?
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> Best,
>> >>>>>> David
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>>
>>
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