[dpdk-dev] KNI automatic IP configuration

[Zhou, Danny]

Which NIC device are you using now?

KNI does not provide Ethtool support for all NICs supported by the Poll-Mode Drivers.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces at dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Olivier Deme
> Sent: Friday, April 03, 2015 10:03 PM
> To: dev at dpdk.org
> Subject: [dpdk-dev] KNI automatic IP configuration
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> Is it possible on Linux to get the Linux network manager to automatically configure a KNI virtual network interface as soon as it
> comes up?
> I haven’t been able to get Fedora to apply the configuration under /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-veth0 file upon starting
> my DPDK application.
> 
> Executing ifup veth0 manually works but somehow the fedora network manager seems to have an issue to apply the if cfg config
> automatically.
> In the system logs I can see something along the lines “kni doesn’t support ethtool”. Is this related?
> 
> I also tried ifplugd but without success.
> 
> Many thanks for your help,
> 
> Olivier.