Unable to build igb_uio

[David Aldrich]

Thanks for your answer.

Best regards
David

On Mon, Jul 29, 2024 at 12:27 PM Oleksandr Nahnybida
<oleksandrn at interfacemasters.com> wrote:
>
> Yes, it is required, replace igb_uio with vfio-pci,
> I'd recommend reading this doc https://doc.dpdk.org/guides/linux_gsg/linux_drivers.html#linux-gsg-binding-kernel
>
> On Mon, Jul 29, 2024 at 2:02 PM David Aldrich <david.aldrich.ntml at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Stephen and Oleksandr
>>
>> Thanks for your replies.
>>
>> I guess the documentation I'm looking at is out-of-date, but the
>> Broadcom app note I'm looking at suggests testing with testpmd, but
>> first binding with:
>>
>> usertools/dpdk-devbind.py -b igb_uio <PCI Device ID>
>>
>> Given igb_uio is deprecated, is this binding step still required and,
>> if so, what parameters are now required?
>>
>> Best regards
>> David
>>
>> On Fri, Jul 26, 2024 at 6:30 PM Stephen Hemminger
>> <stephen at networkplumber.org> wrote:
>> >
>> > On Fri, 26 Jul 2024 16:04:07 +0100
>> > David Aldrich <david.aldrich.ntml at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > > Hi
>> > > I am using DPDK 23.11.1. I need to build and install linux kernel
>> > > module igb_uio.
>> >
>> > Are you sure? igb_uio has been deprecated in favor of vfio_pci.
>> > Unless you are on a really old kernel, there is no longer a need for igb_uio.