Open Fabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED)
CHELSIO T4 RNIC RELEASE NOTES
- November 2011
+ December 2012
The iw_cxgb4 and cxgb4 modules provide RDMA and NIC support for the
Chelsio T4 series adapters. Make sure you choose the 'cxgb4' and
'libcxgb4' options when generating your OFED rpms.
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+New for OFED-3.5
+============================================
+- Added T4 firmware configuration file support
+- Added new T4 firmware 1.6.2.0 support.
+- Important bug fixes
+
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New for OFED-1.5.4
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- x86
o Linux Operating Systems:
- - RedHat EL5 up6 2.6.18-238.el5
- - RedHat EL5 up7 2.6.18-274.el5
- - RedHat EL6 2.6.32-71.el6
- - RedHat EL6.1 2.6.32-131.0.15.el6
- - SLES10 SP4 2.6.16.60-0.85.1-smp
- - SLES11 SP1 2.6.32.12-0.7-default
- - kernel.org 2.6.30 - 3.0 *
+ - RedHat EL6.2 2.6.32-220.el6
+ - RedHat EL6.3 2.6.32-279.el6.x86_64
+ - SLES11 SP2 3.0.13-0.27-default
+ - kernel.org 3.5 *
* Minimal QA for these versions
Updating Firmware
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This driver requires released firmware for T4 card. This driver has been tested
-with t4fw-1.3.10.0 and later firmware. This firmware is available at
+with t4fw-1.6.2.0 and later firmware. This firmware is available at
service.chelsio.com inside the driver package.
If your distro/kernel cxgb4 driver supports firmware loading, you can place
-the chelsio firmware image in /lib/firmware/cxgb4, then unload and reload the
-cxgb4 module to get the new images loaded. If this does not work, then you can
-load the firmware images manually as follows:
+the chelsio firmware image in /lib/firmware/cxgb4, then rename it as t4fw.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 images manually as follows:
Obtain the cxgbtool tool from service.chelsio.com. This tool is available
inside driver package.
done by typing 'ifconfig -a' and noting the interface name for the
interface with a HW address that begins with "00:07:43".
-# cxgbtool ethxx loadfw <firmware_file>
+# cxgbtool <interface name> loadfw <firmware_file>
# reboot
NOTE: Driver package on the service.chelsio.com is getting updated
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OpenMPI:
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+From OFED-3.5 package onwards OpenMPI is not a part of the OFED package. User
+has to manually download and install it.
+
+- Download latest OpenMPI released SRPM from following location.
+http://www.open-mpi.org/software/ompi
+
+- To install OpenMPI on your setup refer to the following guidelines
+http://www.open-mpi.org/software/ompi/v1.6/srpm.php
OpenMPI iWARP support is only available in OpenMPI version 1.3 or greater.
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MVAPICH2:
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+From OFED-3.5 package onwards MVAPICH2 is not a part of the OFED package. User
+has to manually download and install it.
+
+- Download latest MVAPICH2 released SRPM from following location.
+http://mvapich.cse.ohio-state.edu/download/mvapich2/
+
+- To install MVAPICH2 on your setup do the following
+./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --libdir=/usr/lib64 && make &&
+make install
The following env vars enable MVAPICH2 version 1.4-2. Place these
in your user env after installing and setting up MVAPICH2 MPI: