[dpdk-dev] i40evf DPDK init_adminq failed: -53

Saurabh Mishra saurabh.globe at gmail.com
Mon Feb 1 20:49:07 CET 2016


Hi,

So I tried to update the firmware and it says "Update not available" for
i40e

Intel(R) Ethernet NVM Update Tool

NVMUpdate version 1.25.20.03

Copyright (C) 2013 - 2015 Intel Corporation.



WARNING: TO AVOID DAMAGE TO YOUR DEVICE, DO NOT EXIT OR REBOOT OR POWER OFF
THE SYSTEM DURING THIS UPDATE

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Num Description                            Device-Id B:D   Adapter Status

=== ====================================== ========= =====
====================

01) Intel(R) Ethernet Server Adapter X520- 8086-10FB 130:00 Update not
available

02) Intel(R) Ethernet Converged Network Ad 8086-1572 07:00 Update not
available



Tool execution completed with the following status: All operations
completed successfully

Press any key to exit.


[root] esxcfg-nics -l

Name    PCI          Driver      Link Speed     Duplex MAC Address
MTU    Description

vmnic6  0000:07:00.0 i40e        Up   10000Mbps Full   3c:fd:fe:04:11:c0
1500   Intel Corporation Ethernet Controller X710 for 10GbE SFP+

vmnic7  0000:07:00.1 i40e        Up   10000Mbps Full   3c:fd:fe:04:11:c2
1500   Intel Corporation Ethernet Controller X710 for 10GbE SFP+

vmnic8  0000:82:00.0 ixgbe       Up   10000Mbps Full   00:1b:21:90:f9:f8
1500   Intel(R) 82599 10 Gigabit Dual Port Network Connection

[root] ethtool -i vmnic6

driver: i40e

version: 1.3.38

firmware-version: 4.41 0x80001866 16.5.20

bus-info: 0000:07:00.0

On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 10:25 AM, Saurabh Mishra <saurabh.globe at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi Michael --
>
> What are the steps to upgrade i40e firmware. We are using CentOS7
>
> It didn't work with guest VF driver either on ESXi and KVM.
>
> Sure. I will blacklist i40evf driver and try it out.
>
> Thanks,
> /Saurabh
>
>
> On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 12:16 AM, Qiu, Michael <michael.qiu at intel.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi, Saurabh
>>
>> It's known issue, to fix this you'd better to upgrade the firmware
>> version of i40e.
>>
>> BTW, will it work in guest with kernel driver?
>>
>> If yes, to workaround(somebody reports it does not work for them):
>> Remove i40e.ko in guest, so that it will not auto-loaded when boot up.
>>
>> Hope it works for you.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Michael
>>
>>
>> On 1/30/2016 4:35 AM, Saurabh Mishra wrote:
>> > Has anybody seen this before? What's the workaround or fix? We are using
>> > dpdk-2.2.0 on KVM centos:
>> >
>> > Host PF version: 1.0.11-k on Centos7
>> >
>> >
>> > [root@ ~]# ./symmetric_mp fakeelf -c 2 -m2048 -n4 --proc-type=primary
>> -- -p
>> > 3 --num-procs=2 --proc-id=0
>> >
>> > [.]
>> >
>> > EAL: Virtual area found at 0x7fff75800000 (size = 0x200000)
>> >
>> > EAL: Requesting 1024 pages of size 2MB from socket 0
>> >
>> > EAL: TSC frequency is ~2600141 KHz
>> >
>> > EAL: WARNING: cpu flags constant_tsc=yes nonstop_tsc=no -> using
>> unreliable
>> > clock cycles !
>> >
>> > EAL: Master lcore 1 is ready (tid=f7fed880;cpuset=[1])
>> >
>> > EAL: PCI device 0000:00:04.0 on NUMA socket 0
>> >
>> > EAL:   probe driver: 8086:154c rte_i40evf_pmd
>> >
>> > EAL:   PCI memory mapped at 0x7ffff6200000
>> >
>> > EAL:   PCI memory mapped at 0x7ffff6210000
>> >
>> > EAL: PCI device 0000:00:05.0 on NUMA socket 0
>> >
>> > EAL:   probe driver: 8086:154c rte_i40evf_pmd
>> >
>> > EAL:   PCI memory mapped at 0x7ffff6214000
>> >
>> > EAL:   PCI memory mapped at 0x7ffff6224000
>> >
>> > PMD: i40evf_init_vf(): init_adminq failed: -53
>> >
>> > PMD: i40evf_dev_init(): Init vf failed
>> >
>> > EAL: Error - exiting with code: 1
>> >
>> >   Cause: Requested device 0000:00:05.0 cannot be used
>> >
>> > [root at PA-VM ~]# ./dpdk-2.2.0/tools/dpdk_nic_bind.py --status
>> >
>> >
>> > Network devices using DPDK-compatible driver
>> >
>> > ============================================
>> >
>> > 0000:00:04.0 'Device 154c' drv=igb_uio unused=uio_pci_generic
>> >
>> > 0000:00:05.0 'Device 154c' drv=igb_uio unused=uio_pci_generic
>> >
>> >
>> > Network devices using kernel driver
>> >
>> > ===================================
>> >
>> > 0000:00:03.0 'RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+' if=eth0 drv=8139cp
>> > unused=igb_uio,uio_pci_generic *Active*
>> >
>> >
>> > Other network devices
>> >
>> > =====================
>> >
>> > <none>
>> >
>> > [root@ ~]#
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > 04:00.0 *Ether*net controller: Intel Corporation *Ether*net Controller
>> X710
>> > for 10GbE SFP+ (rev 01)
>> >
>> > 04:00.1 *Ether*net controller: Intel Corporation *Ether*net Controller
>> X710
>> > for 10GbE SFP+ (rev 01)
>> >
>> > 04:02.0 *Ether*net controller: Intel Corporation XL710/X710 Virtual
>> > Function (rev 01)
>> >
>> > 04:02.1 *Ether*net controller: Intel Corporation XL710/X710 Virtual
>> > Function (rev 01)
>> >
>> > 04:0a.0 *Ether*net controller: Intel Corporation XL710/X710 Virtual
>> > Function (rev 01)
>> >
>> > 04:0a.1 *Ether*net controller: Intel Corporation XL710/X710 Virtual
>> > Function (rev 01)
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > [root at oscompute3 ~]# dmesg | tail
>> >
>> > [2064188.042835] i40evf 0000:04:0a.1: i40evf_add_ether_addrs: command 15
>> > pending
>> >
>> > [2064188.062836] i40evf 0000:04:0a.1: i40evf_add_ether_addrs: command 15
>> > pending
>> >
>> > [2064188.082862] i40evf 0000:04:0a.1: i40evf_add_ether_addrs: command 15
>> > pending
>> >
>> > [2064188.102838] i40evf 0000:04:0a.1: i40evf_add_ether_addrs: command 15
>> > pending
>> >
>> > [2064188.122850] i40evf 0000:04:0a.1: i40evf_add_ether_addrs: command 15
>> > pending
>> >
>> > [2064188.142852] i40evf 0000:04:0a.1: i40evf_add_ether_addrs: command 15
>> > pending
>> >
>> > [2064188.162850] i40evf 0000:04:0a.1: i40evf_add_ether_addrs: command 15
>> > pending
>> >
>> > [2064188.182845] i40evf 0000:04:0a.1: i40evf_add_ether_addrs: command 15
>> > pending
>> >
>> > [2064188.202845] i40evf 0000:04:0a.1: i40evf_add_ether_addrs: command 15
>> > pending
>> >
>> > [2064188.222858] i40evf 0000:04:0a.1: i40evf_add_ether_addrs: command 15
>> > pending
>> >
>> > [root at oscompute3 ~]#
>> >
>> >
>> > /Saurabh
>> >
>>
>>
>


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