[Starlingx-discuss] stx 6.0 aio mellenox connectX 40GB dual card

[Embedded Devel]

So if im hearing you correctly, i can try to use stx 5.0.1, which i hope 
has wireguard support, like 6.0 does, and then i guess it also prevents me 
from ever upgrading to 6.0

On Monday 28 March 2022 21:37:47 PM (+07:00), M. Vefa Bicakci wrote:

 > Hi,
 >
 > StarlingX 5.0.1 release has Mellanox OFED v5.1, and I just checked that 
the RPM file linked below indeed has the mlx4* kernel modules, so I believe 
that StarlingX 5.0.1 ought to work with Mellanox ConnectX-3 cards:
 >
 > 
http://mirror.starlingx.cengn.ca/mirror/starlingx/release/5.0.1/centos/distro/outputs/RPMS/std/mlnx-ofa_kernel-modules-5.0-OFED.5.0.2.1.8.1.g5f67178.tis.2.x86_64.rpm
 
>
 > It could be possible to adapt Mellanox OFED v4.9 to StarlingX 6.0, but I 
am not aware of anyone who has tried this, so it is difficult for me 
comment with certainty.
 >
 > Thank you,
 >
 > Vefa
 >
 > On 2022-03-26 22:12, Embedded Devel wrote:
 > > So if updated in 6.0, will stx 5.0 work with them ? or is it possible 
to build stx 6.0 customized with 4.9
 > > On Saturday 26 March 2022 01:51:23 AM (+07:00), M. Vefa Bicakci wrote:
 > >
 > >> Hi,
 > >>
 > >> With StarlingX 6.0, the Mellanox OFED device drivers were updated to 
version 5.3. According to the following link, nVidia/Mellanox has stopped 
supporting ConnectX-3 cards such as the one you have (MCX384A) since driver 
version v5.1:
 > >>
 > >> 
https://docs.nvidia.com/networking/display/MLNXOFEDv512620/Release+Notes
 > >>
 > >> As noted at the aforementioned link, Mellanox OFED v4.9 LTS continues 
to support ConnectX-3 cards. StarlingX supports only the latest version of 
the Mellanox OFED drivers. Hence, StarlingX no longer ships with a version 
of the drivers that support ConnectX-3 cards.
 > >>
 > >> Also note that ConnectX-3 cards use the mlx4 driver instead of the 
mlx5 driver, as indicated here:
 > >>
 > >> 
https://docs.nvidia.com/networking/display/MLNXOFEDv494080/Introduction
 > >>
 > >> Thank you,
 > >>
 > >> Vefa
 > >>
 > >> On 2022-03-25 12:59, Khalil, Ghada wrote:
 > >> > Hi Linda, can someone from the OS team comment on this?
 > >> >
 > >> > -----Original Message-----
 > >> > From: Embedded Devel <lists at optimcloud.com>
 > >> > Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2022 9:37 AM
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 > >> > Subject: [Starlingx-discuss] stx 6.0 aio mellenox connectX 40GB 
dual card
 > >> >
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 > >> >
 > >> > i just deployed a stx 6.0 aio dual on bare metal yet after booting 
and logging into the system i dont see the mellanox connectX 40Gb 
interfaces i also dont see a mlx5_en kernel module to load
 > >> >
 > >> > server is a Dell C6220 with Dual-Port 40Gb/s QSFP Mezzanine Network 
Card MCX384A-BCAA 3CYRK
 > >> >
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