I'm using a Nutanix virtual machine to run a DPDK(Version 21.11)-based application.
Application is failing during rte_eth_dev_configure . For our application, RSS support is required.

eth_config.rxmode.mq_mode = ETH_MQ_RX_RSS;
static uint8_t hashKey[] = {
            0x6D, 0x5A, 0x6D, 0x5A, 0x6D, 0x5A, 0x6D, 0x5A,
            0x6D, 0x5A, 0x6D, 0x5A, 0x6D, 0x5A, 0x6D, 0x5A,
            0x6D, 0x5A, 0x6D, 0x5A, 0x6D, 0x5A, 0x6D, 0x5A,
            0x6D, 0x5A, 0x6D, 0x5A, 0x6D, 0x5A, 0x6D, 0x5A,
            0x6D, 0x5A, 0x6D, 0x5A, 0x6D, 0x5A, 0x6D, 0x5A,
        };

        eth_config.rx_adv_conf.rss_conf.rss_key = hashKey;
        eth_config.rx_adv_conf.rss_conf.rss_key_len = sizeof(hashKey);
eth_config.rx_adv_conf.rss_conf.rss_hf = 260



With the aforementioned RSS configuration, the application is not coming up. The same application runs without any issues on a VMware virtual machine.  

When I set

    eth_config.rxmode.mq_mode = ETH_MQ_RX_NONE
eth_config.rx_adv_conf.rss_conf.rss_hf = 0

Application starts working fine. Since we need RSS support for our application I cannot set eth_config.rxmode.mq_mode = ETH_MQ_RX_NONE.

I looked at the DPDK 21.11 release notes, and it mentions that virtio_net supports RSS support.


In this application traffic is tapped to capture port. I have also created two queues using ACLI comments.  

<acropolis> vm.nic_create nutms1-ms type=kNetworkFunctionNic network_function_nic_type=kTap queues=2

<acropolis> vm.nic_get testvm
xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx {
  mac_addr: "xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx"
  network_function_nic_type: "kTap"
  network_type: "kNativeNetwork"
  queues: 2
  type: "kNetworkFunctionNic"
  uuid: "9c26c704-bcb3-4483-bdaf-4b64bb9233ef"
}


Additionally, I've turned on dpdk logging. PFB the dpdk log's output.

EAL: PCI device 0000:00:05.0 on NUMA socket 0
EAL:   probe driver: 1af4:1000 net_virtio
EAL: Probe PCI driver: net_virtio (1af4:1000) device: 0000:00:05.0 (socket 0)
EAL:   PCI memory mapped at 0x940000000
EAL:   PCI memory mapped at 0x940001000
virtio_read_caps(): 98] skipping non VNDR cap id: 11
virtio_read_caps(): 84] cfg type: 5, bar: 0, offset: 0000, len: 0
virtio_read_caps(): 70] cfg type: 2, bar: 4, offset: 3000, len: 4096
virtio_read_caps(): r60] cfg type: 4, bar: 4, offset: 2000, len: 4096
virtio_read_caps(): r50] cfg type: 3, bar: 4, offset: 1000, len: 4096
virtio_read_caps(): r40] cfg type: 1, bar: 4, offset: 0000, len: 4096
virtio_read_caps(): found modern virtio pci device.
virtio_read_caps(): common cfg mapped at: 0x940001000
virtio_read_caps(): device cfg mapped at: 0x940003000
virtio_read_caps(): isr cfg mapped at: 0x940002000
virtio_read_caps(): notify base: 0x940004000, notify off multiplier: 4
vtpci_init(): modern virtio pci detected.
virtio_ethdev_negotiate_features(): guest_features before negotiate = 8000005f10ef8028
virtio_ethdev_negotiate_features(): host_features before negotiate = 130ffffa7
virtio_ethdev_negotiate_features(): features after negotiate = 110ef8020
virtio_init_device(): PORT MAC: 50:6B:8D:A9:09:62
virtio_init_device(): link speed = -1, duplex = 1
virtio_init_device(): config->max_virtqueue_pairs=2
virtio_init_device(): config->status=1
virtio_init_device(): PORT MAC: 50:6B:8D:A9:09:62
virtio_init_queue(): setting up queue: 0 on NUMA node 0
virtio_init_queue(): vq_size: 256
virtio_init_queue(): vring_size: 10244, rounded_vring_size: 12288
virtio_init_queue(): vq->vq_ring_mem: 0x7fffab000
virtio_init_queue(): vq->vq_ring_virt_mem: 0x17ffab000
virtio_init_vring():  >>
modern_setup_queue(): queue 0 addresses:
modern_setup_queue():    desc_addr: 7fffab000
modern_setup_queue():    aval_addr: 7fffac000
modern_setup_queue():    used_addr: 7fffad000
modern_setup_queue():    notify addr: 0x940004000 (notify offset: 0)
virtio_init_queue(): setting up queue: 1 on NUMA node 0
virtio_init_queue(): vq_size: 256
virtio_init_queue(): vring_size: 10244, rounded_vring_size: 12288
virtio_init_queue(): vq->vq_ring_mem: 0x7fffa6000
virtio_init_queue(): vq->vq_ring_virt_mem: 0x17ffa6000
virtio_init_vring():  >>
modern_setup_queue(): queue 1 addresses:
modern_setup_queue():    desc_addr: 7fffa6000
modern_setup_queue():    aval_addr: 7fffa7000
modern_setup_queue():    used_addr: 7fffa8000
modern_setup_queue():    notify addr: 0x940004004 (notify offset: 1)
virtio_init_queue(): setting up queue: 2 on NUMA node 0
virtio_init_queue(): vq_size: 256
virtio_init_queue(): vring_size: 10244, rounded_vring_size: 12288
virtio_init_queue(): vq->vq_ring_mem: 0x7fff98000
virtio_init_queue(): vq->vq_ring_virt_mem: 0x17ff98000
virtio_init_vring():  >>
modern_setup_queue(): queue 2 addresses:
modern_setup_queue():    desc_addr: 7fff98000
modern_setup_queue():    aval_addr: 7fff99000
modern_setup_queue():    used_addr: 7fff9a000
modern_setup_queue():    notify addr: 0x940004008 (notify offset: 2)
virtio_init_queue(): setting up queue: 3 on NUMA node 0
virtio_init_queue(): vq_size: 256
virtio_init_queue(): vring_size: 10244, rounded_vring_size: 12288
virtio_init_queue(): vq->vq_ring_mem: 0x7fff93000
virtio_init_queue(): vq->vq_ring_virt_mem: 0x17ff93000
virtio_init_vring():  >>
modern_setup_queue(): queue 3 addresses:
modern_setup_queue():    desc_addr: 7fff93000
modern_setup_queue():    aval_addr: 7fff94000
modern_setup_queue():    used_addr: 7fff95000
modern_setup_queue():    notify addr: 0x94000400c (notify offset: 3)
virtio_init_queue(): setting up queue: 4 on NUMA node 0
virtio_init_queue(): vq_size: 64
virtio_init_queue(): vring_size: 4612, rounded_vring_size: 8192
virtio_init_queue(): vq->vq_ring_mem: 0x7fff87000
virtio_init_queue(): vq->vq_ring_virt_mem: 0x17ff87000
virtio_init_vring():  >>
modern_setup_queue(): queue 4 addresses:
modern_setup_queue():    desc_addr: 7fff87000
modern_setup_queue():    aval_addr: 7fff87400
modern_setup_queue():    used_addr: 7fff88000
modern_setup_queue():    notify addr: 0x940004010 (notify offset: 4)
eth_virtio_pci_init(): port 0 vendorID=0x1af4 deviceID=0x1000
EAL: Module /sys/module/vfio not found! error 2 (No such file or directory)
EAL: lib.telemetry log level changed from disabled to debug
TELEMETRY: Attempting socket bind to path '/var/run/dpdk/rte/dpdk_telemetry.v2'
TELEMETRY: Initial bind to socket '/var/run/dpdk/rte/dpdk_telemetry.v2' failed.
TELEMETRY: Attempting unlink and retrying bind
TELEMETRY: Socket creation and binding ok
TELEMETRY: Telemetry initialized ok
TELEMETRY: No legacy callbacks, legacy socket not created
MWed Jul 26 04:44:42 2023]ems_dpi: 28098] DPDK Initialised
cWed Jul 26 04:44:42 2023]ams_dpi: 28098] Finished DPDK logging session


The following result is produced when testpmd runs the RSS configuration command.

testpmd> port config all rss all
Port 0 modified RSS hash function based on hardware support,requested:0x17f83fffc configured:0
Multi-queue RSS mode isn't enabled.
Configuration of RSS hash at ethernet port 0 failed with error (95): Operation not supported.


Any suggestions on how to enable RSS support in this situation would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you for your assistance.