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

[Embedded Devel]

welp further tho the stx 5.0.1 vs 6.0 with mellanox drivers, 5.0.1 wount 
even install on the Dell C6620 where 6.0 installs fine
also stx 5.0.1 doesnt have kernel 5.x, where 6.0 does

so now i have to ask, who do i have to pay to get a stx 6.0 with  Mellanox 
OFED v5.1, and not OFED 5.3, this basically rendered 10K in hardware 
useless for us.

as we cant seem to get supported OFED v5.1, we installed 6.x and tried top 
downgrade... and we cant build it for the kernel on the box from sources no 
dev environment / compiler


HELP!

On Wednesday 06 April 2022 10:49:59 AM (+07:00), Embedded Devel wrote:

 > 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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<starlingx-discuss at lists.starlingx.io>
 > > >> > Subject: [Starlingx-discuss] stx 6.0 aio mellenox connectX 40GB 
dual card
 > > >> >
 > > >> > [Please note: This e-mail is from an EXTERNAL e-mail address]
 > > >> >
 > > >> > 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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