[dpdk-dev] KNI automatic IP configuration

[Olivier Deme]

Currently I’m using the e1000 PMD driver.

Thanks,
Olivier.

> On 4 Apr 2015, at 12:51, Zhou, Danny <danny.zhou at intel.com> wrote:
> 
> 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.
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