<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"> <style></style> </head> <body lang="EN-US" link="#467886" vlink="#96607D" style="word-wrap:break-word"> [AMD Official Use Only - AMD Internal Distribution Only] <div> <div class="WordSection1"> Hi Jasvinder, <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> I was facing similar issue with Cx-7 and it appears that the issue is related to the network namespace. <o:p></o:p> By configuring the Pod/container to use the "host's network namespace," the issue is effectively resolved.<o:p></o:p> ----<o:p></o:p> spec:<o:p></o:p> nodeSelector:<o:p></o:p> "feature.node.kubernetes.io/test-node": "true"<o:p></o:p> hostNetwork: true<o:p></o:p> containers:<o:p></o:p> ----<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Thanks & Regards,<o:p></o:p> Sivaprasad<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <div> <div style="border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"> From: Singh, Jasvinder <jasvinder.singh@intel.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2025 4:45 PM To: users@dpdk.org; Raslan Darawsheh <rasland@nvidia.com> Cc: Marjanovic, Nemanja <nemanja.marjanovic@intel.com> Subject: mlx5_common: failed to load mlx5_eth driver issue <o:p></o:p> </div> </div> <o:p> </o:p> <table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" width="100%" style="width:100.0%"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="background:#FFB900;padding:5.0pt 2.0pt 5.0pt 2.0pt"></td> <td width="100%" style="width:100.0%;background:#FFF8E5;padding:5.0pt 4.0pt 5.0pt 12.0pt"> <div> Caution: This message originated from an External Source. Use proper caution when opening attachments, clicking links, or responding. <o:p></o:p> </div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <o:p> </o:p> <div> Hi Folks,<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> I am trying to run dpdk-testpmd in a container with NVIDIA ConnectX-7 NIC card on the system and facing issue described below. Details on the system setup are as follow- <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> Host Configuration for OFED and CX7:<o:p></o:p> Nvidia CX7 is configured to use Ethernet as opposed to InfiniBand with the following steps:<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> OFED driver installation:<o:p></o:p> ./mlnxofedinstall --without-dkms --add-kernel-support --kernel 6.8.0-51-generic --without-fw-update --force<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> Configuration:<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> mlxconfig -d /dev/mst/mt4129_pciconf0 set LINK_TYPE_P1=2<o:p></o:p> mlxconfig -d /dev/mst/mt4129_pciconf1 set LINK_TYPE_P1=2<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> SRIOV has been also enabled on the NIC.<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> The above configuration resulted in successfully deploying dpdk-testpmd on virtual functions on the host.<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> Container Configuration for OFED:<o:p></o:p> Ubuntu 22.04 used within container.<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> # Install mlnx OFED Drivers<o:p></o:p> RUN wget <a href="https://www.mellanox.com/downloads/ofed/MLNX_OFED-24.07-0.6.1.0/MLNX_OFED_LINUX-24.07-0.6.1.0-ubuntu24.04-x86_64.tgz" target="_blank" title="https://www.mellanox.com/downloads/ofed/mlnx_ofed-24.07-0.6.1.0/mlnx_ofed_linux-24.07-0.6.1.0-ubuntu24.04-x86_64.tgz"> https://www.mellanox.com/downloads/ofed/MLNX_OFED-24.07-0.6.1.0/MLNX_OFED_LINUX-24.07-0.6.1.0-ubuntu24.04-x86_64.tgz</a> \<o:p></o:p> && tar -xvf MLNX_OFED_LINUX-24.07-0.6.1.0-ubuntu24.04-x86_64.tgz \<o:p></o:p> && cd MLNX_OFED_LINUX-24.07-0.6.1.0-ubuntu24.04-x86_64 \<o:p></o:p> && ./mlnxofedinstall --force --without-fw-update --dpdk --upstream-libs<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> Dpdk-testpmd error log:<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> root@tpmd-0:/tmp/dpdk-build/app# ./dpdk-testpmd -n 4 -a 60:00.1 -a 60:00.2 -- -i<o:p></o:p> EAL: Detected CPU lcores: 128<o:p></o:p> EAL: Detected NUMA nodes: 1<o:p></o:p> EAL: Detected static linkage of DPDK<o:p></o:p> EAL: Multi-process socket /var/run/dpdk/rte/mp_socket<o:p></o:p> EAL: Selected IOVA mode 'VA'<o:p></o:p> EAL: Probe PCI driver: mlx5_pci (15b3:101e) device: 0000:60:00.1 (socket 0)<o:p></o:p> mlx5_net: Unable to recognize master/representors on the multiple IB devices.<o:p></o:p> mlx5_common: Failed to load driver mlx5_eth<o:p></o:p> EAL: Requested device 0000:60:00.1 cannot be used<o:p></o:p> EAL: Probe PCI driver: mlx5_pci (15b3:101e) device: 0000:60:00.2 (socket 0)<o:p></o:p> mlx5_net: Unable to recognize master/representors on the multiple IB devices.<o:p></o:p> mlx5_common: Failed to load driver mlx5_eth<o:p></o:p> EAL: Requested device 0000:60:00.2 cannot be used<o:p></o:p> EAL: Bus (pci) probe failed.<o:p></o:p> TELEMETRY: No legacy callbacks, legacy socket not created<o:p></o:p> testpmd: No probed ethernet devices<o:p></o:p> Interactive-mode selected<o:p></o:p> testpmd: create a new mbuf pool <mb_pool_0>: n=1163456, size=2176, socket=0<o:p></o:p> testpmd: preferred mempool ops selected: ring_mp_mc<o:p></o:p> Done<o:p></o:p> testpmd> quit<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Please provide help to resolve above.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Thanks,<o:p></o:p> Jasvinder<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> </div> </div> </div> </body> </html>