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| author |   Christian Ehrhardt <christian.ehrhardt@canonical.com> | 2019-02-26 09:17:37 +0100 |
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| committer | Christian Ehrhardt <christian.ehrhardt@canonical.com> | 2019-02-26 09:21:27 +0100 |
| commit | 597cb1874068054d4c0be41f161a72ef37888930 (patch) | |
| tree | 8899c19634bd8e393a8eac05f33925e4d75bd77d /doc/guides/nics/ena.rst | |
| parent | 6e7cbd63706f3435b9d9a2057a37db1da01db9a7 (diff) | |
New upstream version 17.11.5upstream-17.11-stable
Change-Id: I8d2aa1aee2a9a78614dff5a01008f91e88e810c7
Signed-off-by: Christian Ehrhardt <christian.ehrhardt@canonical.com>
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diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/ena.rst b/doc/guides/nics/ena.rst index d19912e9..695960d4 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 |