From f7a9461e29147c47ce2bb81bd157ac1833cf5eb1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Luca Boccassi Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2019 14:45:09 +0000 Subject: New upstream version 16.11.9 Change-Id: Ia1ac246c53e5050b6a29d6952fb668ad6c782996 Signed-off-by: Luca Boccassi --- doc/guides/nics/ena.rst | 15 ++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc/guides/nics/ena.rst') 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 -- cgit 1.2.3-korg