I am getting the same QUERY_FW failed on RHEL5.2 with xenxen 
  paravirtualized guest with pciback module.
No one seems to have tried 
  answering this question on the list, let me ping xen-devel and ofed people 
  again.
after executing in dom0
echo -n 0000:0e:00.0 > 
  /sys/bus/pci/drivers/ib_mthca/unbind
echo -n 0000:0e:00.0 > 
  /sys/bus/pci/drivers/pciback/new_slot
echo -n 0000:0e:00.0 > 
  /sys/bus/pci/drivers/pciback/bind
#dmesg
ACPI: PCI interrupt for 
  device 0000:0e:00.0 disabled
tap tap-1-51712: 2 getting info
tap 
  tap-2-51712: 2 getting info
pciback 0000:0e:00.0: seizing device
PCI: 
  Enabling device 0000:0e:00.0 (0140 -> 0142)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 
  0000:0e:00.0[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
ACPI: PCI interrupt 
  for device 0000:0e:00.0 disabled
#xm create -c rhel52_64_3
PCI: 
  Fatal: No PCI config space access function found
rtc: IRQ 8 is not 
  free.
i8042.c: No controller found.
GUEST 
  dmesg:
ib_mthca: Mellanox InfiniBand HCA driver v1.0 (April 4, 
  2008)
ib_mthca: Initializing 0000:00:00.0
PCI: Enabling device 
  0000:00:00.0 (0000 -> 0002)
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 
  0000:00:00.0 to 64
ib_mthca 0000:00:00.0: QUERY_FW command failed, 
  aborting.
ib_mthca: probe of 0000:00:00.0 failed with error -11
in 
  dom0:
Feb 11 19:44:37 p128 kernel: tap tap-3-51712: 2 getting info
Feb 
  11 19:44:37 p128 kernel: pciback: vpci: 0000:0e:00.0: assign to virtual slot 
  0
Feb 11 19:44:37 p128 kernel: device vif3.0 entered promiscuous 
  mode
Feb 11 19:44:37 p128 kernel: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): vif3.0: link is not 
  ready
Feb 11 19:44:39 p128 kernel: blktap: ring-ref 9, event-channel 9, 
  protocol 1 (x86_64-abi)
Feb 11 19:44:48 p128 kernel: pciback 0000:0e:00.0: 
  Driver tried to write to a read-only configuration space field at offset 0x44, 
  size 2. This may be harmless, but if you have problems with your 
  device:
Feb 11 19:44:48 p128 kernel: 1) see permissive attribute in 
  sysfs
Feb 11 19:44:48 p128 kernel: 2) report problems to the xen-devel 
  mailing list along with details of your device obtained from lspci.
Feb 11 
  19:44:48 p128 kernel: PCI: Enabling device 0000:0e:00.0 (0000 -> 
  0002)
Feb 11 19:44:48 p128 kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:0e:00.0[A] 
  -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
Feb 11 19:44:49 p128 kernel: ACPI: 
  PCI interrupt for device 0000:0e:00.0 disabled
some more 
  details - [root@p128 ~]# rpm -qa | grep 
  xen
kernel-xen-2.6.18-92.1.22.el5
xen-3.0.3-64.el5_2.9
xen-libs-3.0.3-64.el5_2.9
xen-libs-3.0.3-64.el5_2.9
[root@p128 
  ~]# ibv_devinfo
hca_id: 
  mthca0
        
  fw_ver:                         
  5.3.0
        
  node_guid:                      
  0002:c902:0022:cd48
        
  sys_image_guid:                 
  0002:c902:0022:cd4b
        
  vendor_id:                      
  0x02c9
        
  vendor_part_id:                 
  25218
        
  hw_ver:                         
  0x20
        
  board_id:                       
  MT_0370130002
        
  phys_port_cnt:                  
  2
                
  port:   
  1
                        
  state:                  
  PORT_INIT 
  (2)
                        
  max_mtu:                
  2048 
  (4)
                        
  active_mtu:             
  512 
  (2)
                        
  sm_lid:                 
  0
                        
  port_lid:               
  0
                        
  port_lmc:               
  0x00
                
  port:   
  2
                        
  state:                  
  PORT_DOWN 
  (1)
                        
  max_mtu:                
  2048 
  (4)
                        
  active_mtu:             
  512 
  (2)
                        
  sm_lid:                 
  0
                        
  port_lid:               
  0
                        
  port_lmc:               
  0x00
any help greatly appreciated.
~subbu
  
On Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 4:54 AM, David Brown 
<dmlb2000@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
  
Okay 
    so my question to the openfabrics guys is, why would the OFED
drivers 
    fail to read the firmware?
Any thoughts?
Thanks,
- David 
    Brown
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David 
    Brown <dmlb2000@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 
    Sep 11, 2008 at 2:24 PM
Subject: pciback module not working
To: xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, 
    xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
This 
    issue was brought up about a year and a half ago. So I'll bring
it up 
    again and see if anything happens.
I've got an infiniband network and 
    am attempting to pass the
infiniband card through the host and give it to 
    the guest.
I'm working with standard CentOS 5.2 on both guest and host 
    with their
provided xen (3.0.3 ish). I've also attempted to install the 
    newest
Xen 3.3 and use their standard host kernel and that did the 
    same
thing. The guest dmesg output in the guest is similar on 
    both
permissive and normal mode.
I'm getting issues with detecting 
    the firmware on the card for some reason...
Any help would be 
    appreciated.
Thanks,
- David Brown
=== GUEST dmesg output 
    ===
ib_mthca: Mellanox InfiniBand HCA driver v1.0 (February 28, 
    2008)
ib_mthca: Initializing 0000:00:00.0
PCI: Enabling device 
    0000:00:00.0 (0000 -> 0002)
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 
    0000:00:00.0 to 64
ib_mthca 0000:00:00.0: QUERY_FW command failed, 
    aborting.
ib_mthca: probe of 0000:00:00.0 failed with error 
    -11
=======================
=== Host modprobe.conf ===
alias 
    eth0 bnx2
alias eth1 bnx2
alias scsi_hostadapter cciss
options 
    pciback hide=(41:00.0)
=====================
=== Host lspci output 
    ===
# lspci -vs 41:00.0
41:00.0 InfiniBand: Mellanox Technologies 
    MT25204 [InfiniHost III Lx
HCA] (rev 20)
      
    Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Unknown device 170a
    
      Flags: fast devsel, IRQ 16
      Memory at fdc00000 
    (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=1M]
      
    Memory at fd000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [disabled] [size=8M]
  
        Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2
    
      Capabilities: [48] Vital Product Data
      
    Capabilities: [90] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit+ Queue=0/5 
    Enable-
      Capabilities: [84] MSI-X: Enable- Mask- 
    TabSize=32
      Capabilities: [60] Express Endpoint IRQ 
    0
=====================
This makes sure it get loaded first off 
    before anything else.
=== Host mkinitrd cmd ===
# mkinitrd -f 
    --with=pciback --preload pciback
/boot/initrd-2.6.18-92.1.10.el5xen.img 
    2.6.18-92.1.10.el5xen
====================
=== Host pciback dmesg 
    ===
pciback 0000:41:00.0: Driver tried to write to a 
    read-only
configuration space field at offset 0x44, size 2. This may 
    be
harmless, but if you have problems with your device:
1) see 
    permissive attribute in sysfs
2) report problems to the xen-devel mailing 
    list along with details of
your device obtained from lspci.
PCI: 
    Enabling device 0000:41:00.0 (0000 -> 0002)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 
    0000:41:00.0[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
PCI: Setting 
    latency timer of device 0000:41:00.0 to 64
ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 
    0000:41:00.0 disabled
======================
=== Host pciback 
    dmesg (after setting it permissive) ===
pciback 0000:41:00.0: enabling 
    permissive mode configuration space accesses!
pciback 0000:41:00.0: 
    permissive mode is potentially unsafe!
pciback: vpci: 0000:41:00.0: 
    assign to virtual slot 0
device vif1.0 entered promiscuous 
    mode
ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): vif1.0: link is not ready
blkback: ring-ref 
    9, event-channel 28, protocol 1 (x86_64-abi)
PCI: Enabling device 
    0000:41:00.0 (0000 -> 0002)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:41:00.0[A] -> 
    GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 
    0000:41:00.0 to 64
ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:41:00.0 
    disabled
=========================================
=== Guest lspci 
    output ===
# lspci -v
00:00.0 InfiniBand: Mellanox Technologies 
    MT25204 [InfiniHost III Lx
HCA] (rev 20)
      
    Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Unknown device 170a
    
      Flags: fast devsel, IRQ 16
      Memory at fdc00000 
    (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=1M]
      
    Memory at fd000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [disabled] [size=8M]
  
        Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2
    
      Capabilities: [48] Vital Product Data
      
    Capabilities: [90] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit+
Queue=0/5 
    Enable-
      Capabilities: [84] MSI-X: Enable- Mask- 
    TabSize=32
      Capabilities: [60] Express Endpoint IRQ 
    0
=====================
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