[dpdk-users] Dpdk-pdump fails with error "no ethernet port" when running with Mellanox MCX454A-FCAT nic

[Stephen Hemminger]

On Wed, 17 Jun 2020 17:22:49 +0800
"Licj" <272465698 at qq.com> wrote:

> Hi all, 
> 
> I have run dpdk testpmd successfully with Mellanox MCX454A-FCAT nic(mlx5 driver). I can capture the dpdk packets on the recv side using tcpdump. But the througput does not reach line rate(24gbps throughput with 40gbps line rate).
> 
> 
>  Then I want to capture packets on the send side using dpdk-pdump. But the dpdk-pdump failed with error "No Ethernet ports - bye".
> The initial info with dpdk-pdump shows that it only probes ixgbe driver and 2 Intel nics But not Mellanox nic. 
> 
> 
> Anyone knows why and how to solve it? Thank you.

Mellanox DPDK drivers are not enabled by default in the build.
You need to have rdma-core installed and enable it in the DPDK build config file.