i40e/i40evf DPDK fails init in i40evf_check_api_version()

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

  • i40e/i40evf DPDK fails init in i40evf_check_api_version()
  • DPDK application logs:
EAL: Probe PCI driver: net_i40e_vf (8086:154c) device: 0000:ca:03.3 (socket 1)
i40evf_check_api_version(): PF/VF API version mismatch:(0.0)-(1.1)
i40evf_init_vf(): check_api version failed
i40evf_dev_init(): Init vf failed
  • Worker VM with VF logs:
kernel: i40e 0000:ca:00.0: Unable to send the message to VF 11 aq_err 12

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 (kernel-4.18.0-305.62.1.el8_4.x86_64
  • OpenShift 4.10
  • OVNKubernetes
  • DPDK SR-IOV

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