ixgbe and ixgbevf drivers are not working in virtualization environment

[Sami Halabi]

Hi,
did you try explicit "ifconfig ix0 up" instead of rebooting?

Sami

On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 4:29 PM, Rémi Pauchet <remi.pauchet at netasq.com>wrote:

> more informations about the SR-IOV issue.
>
> The problem is that the link is not updated in the virtual machine (VF
> driver).
>
> ie: I start the VM with my fiber unplugged, the vf link is "no carrier".
> I plug the fiber, the link stays in state "no carrier".
> If I reboot the vm, I get the active link.
> I reproduce the issue with esxi 5.1 and xenserver 6
>
>
> On other hand, I still haven't managed to get an active link with VMWare
> DirectPath.
>
> Regards,
> Rémi
>
>
> Le 17 oct. 2012 à 09:42, Rémi Pauchet a écrit :
>
> > Hi
> >
> > My interface is configured, UP and running and I still can't get a link
> >
> > Can you help me with this issue ?
> >
> > Regards,
> > Rémi
> >
> >
> > Le 12 oct. 2012 à 09:38, Rémi Pauchet a écrit :
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> Unfortunately not:
> >>
> >> ix0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu
> 1500
> >>
>  options=401bb<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,JUMBO_MTU,VLAN_HWCSUM,TSO4,VLAN_HWTSO>
> >>      ether 00:e0:ed:1c:99:4e
> >>      inet 172.16.255.254 netmask 0xffff0000 broadcast 172.16.255.255
> >>      inet6 fe80::2e0:edff:fe1c:994e%ix0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x2
> >>      nd6 options=29<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
> >>      media: Ethernet autoselect
> >>      status: no carrier
> >> ix1: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu
> 1500
> >>
>  options=401bb<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,JUMBO_MTU,VLAN_HWCSUM,TSO4,VLAN_HWTSO>
> >>      ether 00:e0:ed:1c:99:4f
> >>      inet 172.17.255.254 netmask 0xffff0000 broadcast 172.17.255.255
> >>      inet6 fe80::2e0:edff:fe1c:994f%ix1 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x3
> >>      nd6 options=29<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
> >>      media: Ethernet autoselect
> >>      status: no carrier
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> Rémi
> >>
> >> Le 11 oct. 2012 à 18:25, Jack Vogel a écrit :
> >>
> >>> The ixgbe device will not get link until you have run init, so assign
> it an address or just do an ifconfig up.
> >>>
> >>> I have never used the driver using a passthru type setup but I believe
> its been done successfully if
> >>> memory serves.
> >>>
> >>> Jack
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 8:39 AM, Rémi Pauchet <remi.pauchet at netasq.com>
> wrote:
> >>> Hi,
> >>>
> >>> I'm trying to use the ixgbe (10Gb) driver in a FreeBSD virtual machine
> on an esxi 5 using DirectPath (PCI Passthrough) and the card is detected,
> but I can't get a link (status: no carrier)
> >>>
> >>> ix0: <Intel(R) PRO/10GbE PCI-Express Network Driver, Version - 2.3.11>
> mem 0xd2420000-0xd243ffff,0xd2400000-0xd2403fff irq 18 at device 0.0 on pci3
> >>>
> >>> ix0: flags=8802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
> >>>
> options=401bb<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,JUMBO_MTU,VLAN_HWCSUM,TSO4,VLAN_HWTSO>
> >>>         ether 00:e0:ed:1c:99:4e
> >>>         nd6 options=29<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
> >>>         media: Ethernet autoselect
> >>>         status: no carrier
> >>>
> >>> I have also tested with XenServer 6, using SR-IOV (ixgbevf driver)
> with the same result: the driver is loading, but no link detected.
> >>>
> >>> In both case (VMWare DirectPath and XenServer SR-IOV), I tested Linux
> with success.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> The card is an Intel 82599EB, the motherboard is an Intel X58
> (supermicro X8ST3) with a Xeon W3680 and I've tested FreeBSD 8.3 and 9.0
> >>>
> >>> I've found a forum thread with the same issue:
> http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=29855 and no answer :)
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Please find in attachment the dmesg (boot -v) with the ix driver
> compiled with DEBUG flags using vmware.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Can anyone provide feedback about this issue ?
> >>>
> >>> Regards,
> >>> Rémi Pauchet
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >
>
>


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