[dpdk-dev] support BCM5719 driver

[Stephen Hemminger]

On Tue, 30 Aug 2016 13:54:41 +0300
Keren Hochman <keren.hochman at lightcyber.com> wrote:

> Hi, 
> 
> I tried to bind BCM5719 driver to DPDK compatible driver: (I tried both to uio_pci_generic and igb_uio)
> 
> Network devices using DPDK-compatible driver
> ============================================
> 0000:03:00.2 'NetXtreme BCM5719 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe' drv=uio_pci_generic unused=tg3,igb_uio
> 0000:03:00.3 'NetXtreme BCM5719 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe' drv=igb_uio unused=tg3,uio_pci_generic
> 
> But when I ran from the dpdk example: link_status_interrupt I received an error No ethernet port. 
> 
> (When I tried to bind I350 Gigabit Network Connection it worked.
> 
> Thank you, Keren
> 

The BCM5719 device is not supported by the current DPDK driver.
Only the 10G Broadcom NetExtreme II devices are supported.