From 5359af6b534894ff1bcae565485ebe5ec743b369 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rolf Neugebauer Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2017 13:19:07 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] doc: Update packet.net ThunderX networking documentation This currently requires the an explicit modprobe Signed-off-by: Rolf Neugebauer --- docs/platform-packet.md | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/platform-packet.md b/docs/platform-packet.md index d92e85b96..1b1e707ed 100644 --- a/docs/platform-packet.md +++ b/docs/platform-packet.md @@ -97,9 +97,20 @@ storage. We are working on adding persistent storage support on Packet. ## Networking +On the baremetal type 2a system (arm64 Cavium Thunder X) the network device driver does not get autoloaded by `mdev`. Please add: + +``` + - name: modprobe + image: linuxkit/modprobe: + command: ["modprobe", "nicvf"] +``` + +to your YAML files before any containers requiring the network to be up, e.g., the `dhcpcd` container. + Some Packet server types have bonded networks; the current code does not support that. + ## Integration services and Metadata Packet supports [user state](https://help.packet.net/technical/infrastructure/user-state)