[dpdk-users] does mlx5 support lpbk_mode?

[Asaf Penso]

Hello Jan,

The feature is expected to work.
Let's work offline to get more details and once we conclude we can post here the outcome.

Regards,
Asaf Penso

>-----Original Message-----
>From: users <users-bounces at dpdk.org> On Behalf Of Jan Viktorin
>Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2021 5:59 PM
>To: Matan Azrad <matan at nvidia.com>; Shahaf Shuler
><shahafs at nvidia.com>; Slava Ovsiienko <viacheslavo at nvidia.com>
>Cc: users at dpdk.org
>Subject: [dpdk-users] does mlx5 support lpbk_mode?
>
>Hello,
>
>can somebody please tell me whether lpbk_mode works for mellanox NICs?
>I found 65c9d24170c9 ("net/mlx5: enable loopback by configured mode") that
>seems to implement this feature for mlx5. But setting lpbk_mode in
>rte_eth_conf does not seem to work for me (ixgbe works with this).
>
>Are there any other ways how to configure such HW loopback-mode mellanox
>NICs (both mlx5, mlx4)?
>
>Thanks
>Jan