Open Fabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED)
CHELSIO T4/T5 RNIC RELEASE NOTES
- June 2015
+ May 2017
The iw_cxgb4 and cxgb4 modules provide RDMA and NIC support for the
-Chelsio T4 and T5 series adapters. Make sure you choose the 'cxgb4'
+Chelsio T4, T5 and T6 series adapters. Make sure you choose the 'cxgb4'
and 'libcxgb4' options when generating your OFED rpms.
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+New for OFED-4.8
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+- Added T6 hardware support
+- Added 1.16.29.0 T4-T6 firmware
+- Important bug fixes
+
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New for OFED-3.18
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Supported Cards
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+T6: T62100-CR, T62100-LP-CR, T6225-CR
T5: T502-BT, T580-CR, T580-LP-CR, T520-LL-CR, T520-CR, T522-CR, T540-CR
T4: T420-CR, T440-CR, T422-CR, T404-BT, T440-LP-CR, T420-LL-CR, T420-CX
Updating Firmware
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-The OFED-3.18 driver has been tested with 1.13.32.0 and later
-firmware. Version 1.13.32.0 of the firmware will automatically installed
+The OFED-4.8 driver has been tested with 1.16.29.0 and later
+firmware. Version 1.16.29.0 of the firmware will automatically installed
when you load the cxgb4 driver. The latest released firmware is always
available at service.chelsio.com inside the Unified Wire package.
If your distro/kernel cxgb4 driver supports firmware loading, you can
-place the chelsio firmware image in /lib/firmware/cxgb4, then rename it
-as t4fw.bin or t5fw.bin and unload and reload the cxgb4 module to get
-the new images loaded. If this does not work, then you can load the
-firmware manually as follows:
+place the chelsio firmware image in /lib/firmware/cxgb4, then rename
+it as t4fw.bin, t5fw.bin, or t6fw.bin, and unload and reload the cxgb4
+module to get the new images loaded. If this does not work, then you
+can load the firmware manually as follows:
1) Move the firmware file into /lib/firmware/cxgb4/ on your system.
EG:
-# cp <path-to>/t5fw-1.13.32.0.bin /lib/firmware/cxgb4
-# ethtool -f eth2 cxgb4/t5fw-1.13.32.0.bin
+# cp <path-to>/t6fw-1.16.29.0.bin /lib/firmware/cxgb4
+# ethtool -f eth2 cxgb4/t6fw-1.16.29.0.bin
# rmmod iw_cxgb4; rmmod cxgb4; modprobe cxgb4; modprobe iw_cxgb4
NOTE: The driver package on service.chelsio.com is getting updated
-periodically, including the T4/T5 device firmare. It is recommended
+periodically, including the T4/T5/T6 device firmare. It is recommended
to use latest available firmware at service.chelsio.com. This driver
should work with latest available firmware. In case of any issue please
contact Chelsio support at support@chelsio.com.
Enabling MPA version 2
======================
-Users can enable MPA version 2 by setting iw_cxgb4 module parameter as
-shown below
+The iw_cxgb4 driver in OFED-4.8 enables MPAv2 by default. For older
+versions, you should enable it manually. Users can enable MPA version
+2 by setting iw_cxgb4 module parameter as shown below
# modprobe iw_cxgb4 mpa_rev=2