Binding Network Ports - Chelsio Communications Terminator Series Installation And User Manual

Chapter XXIV. DPDK Driver
5.2.

Binding Network Ports

PF4 Interfaces
Before proceeding, unload all Chelsio inbox and outbox kernel mode drivers
Important
using the following commands.
[root@host~]# rmmod cxgb4
[root@host~]# rmmod csiostor
Execute the following commands to bind PF4 network ports to DPDK environment.
•
UIO support:
[root@host~]# dpdk-devbind.py --bind=igb_uio <PCI-ID-PF4>
•
VFIO support:
[root@host~]# dpdk-devbind.py --bind=vfio-pci <PCI-ID-PF4>
Important
Please make sure that adapter's physical function 4 is used, since it is
assigned for all NIC functions of the adapter.
Now, verify using:
[root@host~]# dpdk-devbind.py --status
Examples:
Binding with UIO support
Binding with VFIO support
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