From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Sebastian Ott Subject: Re: mlx4: "failed to allocate default counter port 1" Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2015 14:50:10 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: References: <5592913C.3000207@mellanox.com> <55929F2D.9050805@mellanox.com> <5593E88F.10006@mellanox.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Cc: Eran Ben Elisha , Jack Morgenstein , Hadar Hen Zion , netdev@vger.kernel.org To: Or Gerlitz Return-path: Received: from e06smtp11.uk.ibm.com ([195.75.94.107]:40438 "EHLO e06smtp11.uk.ibm.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751351AbbG2MuS (ORCPT ); Wed, 29 Jul 2015 08:50:18 -0400 Received: from /spool/local by e06smtp11.uk.ibm.com with IBM ESMTP SMTP Gateway: Authorized Use Only! Violators will be prosecuted for from ; Wed, 29 Jul 2015 13:50:16 +0100 Received: from b06cxnps4075.portsmouth.uk.ibm.com (d06relay12.portsmouth.uk.ibm.com [9.149.109.197]) by d06dlp01.portsmouth.uk.ibm.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F15217D8024 for ; Wed, 29 Jul 2015 13:51:39 +0100 (BST) Received: from d06av04.portsmouth.uk.ibm.com (d06av04.portsmouth.uk.ibm.com [9.149.37.216]) by b06cxnps4075.portsmouth.uk.ibm.com (8.14.9/8.14.9/NCO v10.0) with ESMTP id t6TCoDCZ34930910 for ; Wed, 29 Jul 2015 12:50:13 GMT Received: from d06av04.portsmouth.uk.ibm.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by d06av04.portsmouth.uk.ibm.com (8.14.4/8.14.4/NCO v10.0 AVout) with ESMTP id t6TCoCuu026989 for ; Wed, 29 Jul 2015 06:50:13 -0600 In-Reply-To: <5593E88F.10006@mellanox.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Wed, 1 Jul 2015, Or Gerlitz wrote: > On 6/30/2015 5:17 PM, Sebastian Ott wrote: > > On Tue, 30 Jun 2015, Or Gerlitz wrote: > > > On 6/30/2015 4:24 PM, Sebastian Ott wrote: > > > > > > Do you run the VF on the same system/kernel as the PF, or the VF is > > > > > > probed to > > > > > > VM which runs the latest kernel and the PF runsolder kernel (which?) > > > > The latter case. The PF is driven by a much older Kernel running OFED > > > > 2.3.2.0.0.1 > > > > > > > Can you try running the inbox PF driver that comes with the PF kernel > > > (what > > > kernel is that?) I'd like to see we're OK there. > > Frankly, I don't know. Plus I also don't know how to build an ofed kernel. > > > > I didn't want you to build that package, but rather the outer way around, > namely > see what happens if uninstalling this package and running with the mlx4 inbox > PF > driver from the kernel provided from your distro of choice or an > upstreamkernel installed > by you. Anyway, I hope the below patch would provide a quick band-aid and let > you to continue running upstream VFs over that PF config, let me know (I will > be > OOO till Thu-Sun). Once we see how this behaves, will take it from there. Any updates on this one? Regards, Sebastian