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| author |   Luca Boccassi <luca.boccassi@gmail.com> | 2019-03-20 14:45:09 +0000 |
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| committer | Luca Boccassi <luca.boccassi@gmail.com> | 2019-03-20 14:45:37 +0000 |
| commit | f7a9461e29147c47ce2bb81bd157ac1833cf5eb1 (patch) | |
| tree | 6f3b4f4850cf9f116acc1dda3f0515259673e13b /doc/guides/nics/ena.rst | |
| parent | 8e6d9d118f6105a3627b64a7949e1fb0b145879e (diff) | |
New upstream version 16.11.9upstream/16.11.9upstream-16.11-stable
Change-Id: Ia1ac246c53e5050b6a29d6952fb668ad6c782996
Signed-off-by: Luca Boccassi <luca.boccassi@gmail.com>
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diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/ena.rst b/doc/guides/nics/ena.rst index 073b35ae..9062d7bf 100644 --- a/doc/guides/nics/ena.rst +++ b/doc/guides/nics/ena.rst @@ -187,11 +187,20 @@ Prerequisites ------------- #. Prepare the system as recommended by DPDK suite. This includes environment - variables, hugepages configuration, tool-chains and configuration + variables, hugepages configuration, tool-chains and configuration. -#. Insert igb_uio kernel module using the command 'modprobe igb_uio' +#. ENA PMD can operate with ``vfio-pci`` or ``igb_uio`` driver. -#. Bind the intended ENA device to igb_uio module +#. Insert ``vfio-pci`` or ``igb_uio`` kernel module using the command + ``modprobe vfio-pci`` or ``modprobe igb_uio`` respectively. + +#. For ``vfio-pci`` users only: + Please make sure that ``IOMMU`` is enabled in your system, + or use ``vfio`` driver in ``noiommu`` mode:: + + echo 1 > /sys/module/vfio/parameters/enable_unsafe_noiommu_mode + +#. Bind the intended ENA device to ``vfio-pci`` or ``igb_uio`` module. At this point the system should be ready to run DPDK applications. Once the |