bhyve, ixgbe and debian 8

[Rajil Saraswat]

On 11/07/2016 07:08 AM, Rajil Saraswat wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have PCI passthrough working now for the Intel X540-AT2 NIC and is
> seen inside debian 8 vm.
>
> # lspci
>
> 00:00.0 Host bridge: Network Appliance Corporation Device 1275
> 00:04.0 SCSI storage controller: Red Hat, Inc Virtio block device
> 00:05.0 Ethernet controller: Red Hat, Inc Virtio network device
> 00:06.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation Ethernet Controller
> 10-Gigabit X540-AT2 (rev 01)
> 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82371SB PIIX3 ISA [Natoma/Triton II]
>
>
> However, on loading the module the kernel gives the error
>
> #modprobe ixgbe
>
> [   34.929546] ixgbe: Intel(R) 10 Gigabit PCI Express Network Driver -
> version 3.19.1-k
> [   34.929549] ixgbe: Copyright (c) 1999-2014 Intel Corporation.
> [   34.929706] ixgbe 0000:00:06.0: can't derive routing for PCI INT A
> [   34.929708] ixgbe 0000:00:06.0: PCI INT A: no GSI
> [   34.930354] ixgbe 0000:00:06.0: Adapter removed
> [   34.931710] ixgbe 0000:00:06.0: can't derive routing for PCI INT A
> [   34.931717] ixgbe: probe of 0000:00:06.0 failed with error -5
>
> Any idea what could be the issue?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Rajil
>
I tried with the second onboard NIC and it worked the first time. iperf
showed 10g speeds. After restarting the VM, i get an error for both
NICs. This a dual CPU motherboard Supermicro X10DriT with a pair of
onboard NICs.

[    0.628758] ixgbe: Intel(R) 10 Gigabit PCI Express Network Driver -
version 3.19.1-k
[    0.628760] ixgbe: Copyright (c) 1999-2014 Intel Corporation.
[    0.628899] ixgbe 0000:00:06.0: can't derive routing for PCI INT A
[    0.628901] ixgbe 0000:00:06.0: PCI INT A: no GSI
[    0.629519] ixgbe 0000:00:06.0: Adapter removed
[    0.630143] ixgbe 0000:00:06.0: can't derive routing for PCI INT A
[    0.630147] ixgbe: probe of 0000:00:06.0 failed with error -5
[    0.630199] ixgbe 0000:00:06.1: can't derive routing for PCI INT B
[    0.630200] ixgbe 0000:00:06.1: PCI INT B: no GSI
[    0.630789] ixgbe 0000:00:06.1: Adapter removed
[    0.639469] ixgbe 0000:00:06.1: can't derive routing for PCI INT B
[    0.639473] ixgbe: probe of 0000:00:06.1 failed with error -5