[dpdk-dev] BCM57414 VF Mode: max_rx_em_flows value is inconsistent

[Christophe Grosse]

Thank you for your answer.

On 12/11/19 6:45 PM, Ajit Khaparde wrote:

>>
>> On master, I see that the new calculation for the number of L2 context
>> has been restricted to Whitney chip family.
>> Anyone knows if the chip/FW I am using is compatible with this new
>> calculation ?
>>
>> By the way, I tried to upgrade to FW 214.0.253.5 and Init is falling very
>> early:
>> bnxt_hwrm_func_resc_qcaps(): error 1:0:00000000:00f9
>>
> 214.0.x is older FW as far our releases are concerned.
> I think you will need the following commit from upstream
> to get past the error you are seeing.
> Commit: 89a0deb866dc42ead92b79e6e7159622e1ab8490
> net/bnxt: fix resource qcaps with older FW

I tried the previous commit.
It suppresses a repetitive error message, that I didn't mention before.
Also, I was able to start with firmware 214.0.253.5. But, if you say 
it's an old release, i won't use it.

> 
> But I believe you will need a newer firmware to get consistent values
> across the ports. Let me see how to get that to you.
> 

If you have a new firmware for BCM57414, I would be glad to give it a 
try. (I currently have 20.06.01.06)

Best Regards,
Christophe