On 19.03.2015 15:04, jacob jacob wrote: > Hi Stefan, > have you been able to get PCI passthrough working without any issues > after the upgrade? My XL710 fails to transfer regular TCP traffic (netperf). If that works for you then you're already one step ahead of me. Afraid I can't help you there. Stefan > Thanks > Jacob > > On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 4:15 AM, Stefan Assmann <sassmann@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On 18.03.2015 23:06, Shannon Nelson wrote: >>> On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 3:01 PM, Shannon Nelson >>> <shannon.nelson@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 8:40 AM, jacob jacob <opstkusr@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 11:24 AM, Bandan Das <bsd@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Actually, Stefan suggests that support for this card is still sketchy >>>>>> and your best bet is to try out net-next >>>>>> http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next.git >>>>>> >>>>>> Also, could you please post more information about your hardware setup >>>>>> (chipset/processor/firmware version on the card etc) ? >>>>> >>>>> Host CPU : Model name: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2630 v2 @ 2.60GHz >>>>> >>>>> Manufacturer Part Number: XL710QDA1BLK >>>>> Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation Ethernet Controller XL710 for >>>>> 40GbE QSFP+ (rev 01) >>>>> #ethtool -i enp9s0 >>>>> driver: i40e >>>>> version: 1.2.6-k >>>>> firmware-version: f4.22 a1.1 n04.24 e800013fd >>>>> bus-info: 0000:09:00.0 >>>>> supports-statistics: yes >>>>> supports-test: yes >>>>> supports-eeprom-access: yes >>>>> supports-register-dump: yes >>>>> supports-priv-flags: no >>>>> >>> >>> Jacob, >>> >>> It looks like you're using a NIC with the e800013fd firmware from last >>> summer, and from a separate message that you saw these issues with >>> both the 1.2.2-k and the 1.2.37 version drivers. I suggest the next >>> step would be to update the NIC firmware as there are some performance >>> and stability updates available that deal with similar issues. Please >>> see the Intel Networking support webpage at >>> https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/24769 and look for the >>> NVMUpdatePackage.zip. This should take care of several of the things >>> Stefan might describe as "sketchy" :-). >> >> Interesting, the following might explain why my XL710 feels a bit >> sketchy then. ;-) >> # ethtool -i p4p1 >> driver: i40e >> version: 1.2.37-k >> firmware-version: f4.22.26225 a1.1 n4.24 e12ef >> Looks like the firmware on this NIC is even older. >> >> I tried to update the firmware with nvmupdate64e and the first thing I >> noticed is that you cannot update the firmware even with todays linux >> git. The tool errors out because it cannot access the NVM. Only with a >> recent net-next kernel I was able to update the firmware. >> ethtool -i p4p1 >> driver: i40e >> version: 1.2.37-k >> firmware-version: f4.33.31377 a1.2 n4.42 e1932 >> >> However during the update I got a lot of errors in dmesg. >> [ 301.796664] i40e 0000:82:00.0: ARQ Error: Unknown event 0x0702 received >> [ 301.893933] i40e 0000:82:00.0: ARQ Error: Unknown event 0x0703 received >> [ 302.005223] i40e 0000:82:00.0: ARQ Error: Unknown event 0x0703 received >> [...] >> [ 387.884635] i40e 0000:82:00.0: ARQ Error: Unknown event 0x0703 received >> [ 387.896862] i40e 0000:82:00.0: ARQ Overflow Error detected >> [ 387.902995] i40e 0000:82:00.0: ARQ Error: Unknown event 0x0703 received >> [...] >> [ 391.583799] i40e 0000:82:00.0: NVMUpdate write failed err=-53 status=0x0 errno=-16 module=70 offset=0x0 size=2 >> [ 391.714217] i40e 0000:82:00.0: NVMUpdate write failed err=-53 status=0x0 errno=-16 module=70 offset=0x0 size=2 >> [ 391.842656] i40e 0000:82:00.0: NVMUpdate write failed err=-53 status=0x0 errno=-16 module=70 offset=0x0 size=2 >> [ 391.973080] i40e 0000:82:00.0: NVMUpdate write failed err=-53 status=0x0 errno=-16 module=70 offset=0x0 size=2 >> [ 392.107586] i40e 0000:82:00.0: NVMUpdate write failed err=-53 status=0x0 errno=-16 module=70 offset=0x0 size=2 >> [ 392.244140] i40e 0000:82:00.0: NVMUpdate write failed err=-53 status=0x0 errno=-16 module=70 offset=0x0 size=2 >> [ 392.373966] i40e 0000:82:00.0: ARQ Error: Unknown event 0x0703 received >> >> Not sure if that flash was actually successful or not. >> >> Stefan -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
