[dpdk-dev] vmxnet3 can not active device in 5.5

[Yong Wang]

On 10/22/15, 8:54 PM, "Bin Zhang" <bzhang at varmour.com> wrote:


>Hi,
>
>I got this issue in recent update esxi 5.5

Can you share more info on the specific version of ESXi you upgrade from/to and the configs you used to initialize vmxnet3 pmd?

If this is 5.5U3, by any chance you are using a rx ring size that’s larger than 2048?

>
>VMXNET3_WRITE_BAR1_REG(hw, VMXNET3_REG_CMD, VMXNET3_CMD_ACTIVATE_DEV)
>status = VMXNET3_READ_BAR1_REG(hw, VMXNET3_REG_CMD);
>
>status is not 0, so device can not be activated.
>
>Has anybody got same problem?
>
>Thanks,
>Bin
>
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