[dpdk-dev] ethtool doesnt work on some interface after unbinding dpdk

Gopakumar Choorakkot Edakkunni gopakumar.c.e at gmail.com
Sat Apr 30 03:23:37 CEST 2016


Just to update this thread. With power management for IGB disabled, this
problem is not seen .. So for now thats the "workaround"

Rgds,
Gopa.

On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 3:08 AM, Remy Horton <remy.horton at intel.com> wrote:

>
> On 15/04/2016 23:56, Gopakumar Choorakkot Edakkunni wrote:
>
>> This time the problem statement is more narrowed down.
>>
>> 1. dpdk is enabled on the interface, interfaces bound to igb_uio
>> 3. kill the process using dpdk
>> 3. rmmod rte_kni
>> 4. rmmod igb_uio
>> 5. bind interface to igb
>> 6. ethtool, ifconfig up/down etc.. works for approximately 30 seconds,
>> and then stops working
>>
>
> Hmm.. can you try that but with rte_kni left out completely? KNI hooks
> into the Linux network stack and think it at the least needs eliminating as
> a casual factor. Can you also try using uio_pci_generic rather than igb_uio?
>
> Those aside, I'm suspecting driver issues, so seeing if I can get one of
> the driver test guys to have a look at this..
>
>
> Regards,
>
> ..Remy
>


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