Re: rmmod mlx4_core panic 3.16-rc1

Shirley Ma
2014-06-20T17:16:49Z

On 06/19/2014 11:17 PM, Or Gerlitz wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 20, 2014 at 6:34 AM, Or Gerlitz <or.gerlitz-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>> On Thu, Jun 19, 2014 at 6:33 AM, Shirley Ma <shirley.ma-QHcLZuEGTsvQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>>> 1. Whether IB VFs is supported in ConnectX-2 (mlx4 driver)?
>>> I tried to num_vfs={port1,port2,port1+2} when loading mlx4_core module, it failed with mlx4_core 0000:40:00.0: Invalid syntax of num_vfs/probe_vfs with IB port - single port VFs syntax is only supported when all ports are configured as ethernet
>
>> What do you mean by "port1" and "port2" -- can you give the exact
>> command line you used?
>
>> Single ported VFs are currently supported for Ethernet only
>> configuration, that is not for only IB nor for VPI, that is only if
>> you use port_type_arrary=2,2
>
> Note that you can still use dual-ported VFs, for both IB, Ethernet and
> VPI, that is
> num_vfs=N will create N dual-ported VFs, are you on IB?

Yes, I tried num_vfs=N. It failed. I didn't combine with port_type_array=2,2. If it's required, then the code needs to check the arguments.

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