Issues with mlx5en ?

[Hans Petter Selasky]

On 08/29/16 18:35, George Neville-Neil wrote:
> Howdy,
>
> I'm trying to do some testing on the mlx5 cards at Sentex.  WIth both
> HEAD and stable11 I get this:
>
> root at mercat1:~ # kldload mlx5en
> mlx5_core0: <mlx5_core> mem 0xf8000000-0xf9ffffff irq 32 at device 0.0
> on pci3
> mlx5_core0: INFO: firmware version: 12.100.6440
> mlx5_core: WARN: command failed, status bad parameter(0x3), syndrome
> 0x5add95
> mlx5_core: WARN: mlx5_core0:mlx5_core_get_caps:305:(pid 763):
> QUERY_HCA_CAP : type(9) opmode(1) Failed(-22)
> mlx5_core0: ERR: query hca failed
> mlx5_core0: ERR: mlx5_dev_init failed -22
> device_attach: mlx5_core0 attach returned 22
> mlx5_core0: <mlx5_core> mem 0xf6000000-0xf7ffffff irq 32 at device 0.1
> on pci3
> mlx5_core0: INFO: firmware version: 12.100.6440
> mlx5_core: WARN: command failed, status bad parameter(0x3), syndrome
> 0x5add95
> mlx5_core: WARN: mlx5_core0:mlx5_core_get_caps:305:(pid 763):
> QUERY_HCA_CAP : type(9) opmode(1) Failed(-22)
> mlx5_core0: ERR: query hca failed
> mlx5_core0: ERR: mlx5_dev_init failed -22
> device_attach: mlx5_core0 attach returned 22
>
> this is the output of pciconf -lv
>
> none72 at pci0:2:0:0:      class=0x020700 card=0x000815b3 chip=0x101315b3
> rev=0x00
> hdr=0x00
>     vendor     = 'Mellanox Technologies'
>     device     = 'MT27700 Family [ConnectX-4]'
>     class      = network
> none73 at pci0:2:0:1:      class=0x020700 card=0x000815b3 chip=0x101315b3
> rev=0x00
> hdr=0x00
>     vendor     = 'Mellanox Technologies'
>     device     = 'MT27700 Family [ConnectX-4]'
>     class      = network
>
> Thouhgts?

Hi George,

Did you try to upgrade the firmware? The latest official is 12.16.xxx?

Also, did you try to set the port mode to ETH using:

mlxconfig -d PCI_ID set LINK_TYPE_P1=2
mlxconfig -d PCI_ID set LINK_TYPE_P2=2

Links:
http://www.mellanox.com/page/management_tools
http://www.mellanox.com/page/firmware_NIC_FW_update

--HPS