Trex -mellanox connect5 - docker container

[ankitpa...@gmail.com]

Hi All

I have a centos 7.4 machine where mellanox connect 5 part is installed (2x 100gb ports)
i have followed steps as shown here to install ofed driver
https://trex-tgn.cisco.com/trex/doc/trex_appendix_mellanox.html#_build_with_native_ofed

DPDK is also installed on base machine and

Trex is running fine on base machine.

My goal is to run Trex from container using connect 5 ports

i followed steps here; but trex is giving errors.
https://trex-tgn.cisco.com/trex/doc/trex_vm_manual.html

i tried running in privileged mode but trex still faces issues.

docker run --rm -it --privileged --cap-add=ALL -v /usr/src/kernels/:/usr/src/kernels/ -v /lib/modules/:/lib/modules/ -v /mnt/huge/:/mnt/huge/ -v /dev/vfio:/dev/vfio -v /sys/bus/pci/devices:/sys/bus/pci/devices -v /sys/devices/system/node:/sys/devices/system/node -v /dev:/dev trexcisco/trex:2.36

following is the error

[root@2a5785cde089 v2.36]# ./t-rex-64 -i
Killing Scapy server... Scapy server is killed
Starting Scapy server.... Scapy server is started
The ports are bound/configured.
Starting TRex v2.36 please wait ...
PMD: net_mlx5: cannot get MAC address, is mlx5_en loaded? (errno: Success)
EAL: Requested device 0000:05:00.0 cannot be used
PMD: net_mlx5: cannot get MAC address, is mlx5_en loaded? (errno: Success)
EAL: Requested device 0000:05:00.1 cannot be used
Could not find all interfaces (asked for: 2, found: 0).
[root@2a5785cde089 v2.36]#

can you help me ?

thanks
Ankit

[hanoh haim]

1. You don’t need to install DPDK. It can only do harm. TRex package comes with the right DPDK.

2. Docker is supported with Linux PA_interfaces PMD (no huge-pages required in this case). 

3. To support your use-case see Itay notes on the docker file readme in our GitHub or google how to allocate the huge-pages inside LXC (host should provide the memory) 

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[ankitpa...@gmail.com]

I am using docker container.
OFED driver is already installed on base machine
do i need to install ofed driver inside docker container?

[ankitpa...@gmail.com]

can you share web link for point below