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The OFED package contains the following components:
o OpenFabrics core and ULPs:
- - HCA drivers (mthca, mlx4, ipath, ehca)
- - IB HCA drivers (mthca, ipath, ehca)
++ - IB HCA drivers (mthca, mlx4, ipath, ehca)
+ - iWARP RNIC driver (cxgb3)
- core
- - Upper Layer Protocols: IPoIB, SDP, SRP Initiator, iSER Host and uDAPL
+ - Upper Layer Protocols: IPoIB, SDP, SRP Initiator, iSER Host, RDS,
+ uDAPL and VNIC.
o OpenFabrics utilities:
- OpenSM (OSM): InfiniBand Subnet Manager
- Diagnostic tools
o Documentation
Notes:
-1. cxgb3 driver is in technology preview state.
-2. The Virtual NIC (VNIC) driver is presented as a technology preview on OFED 1.2.
-3. All other OFED components are of production quality.
-4. See release notes for each package in the docs directory.
-5. Any Topspin copyright belongs to Cisco Systems, Inc.
-
+1. mlx4 driver is in alpha quality: Only OpenSM, MPI and IPoIB can be used.
- 2. See release notes for each package in the docs directory.
- 3. Any Topspin copyright belongs to Cisco Systems, Inc.
++2. cxgb3 driver is in technology preview state.
++3. The Virtual NIC (VNIC) driver is presented as a technology preview on OFED 1.2.
++4. All other OFED components are of production quality.
++5. See release notes for each package in the docs directory.
++6. Any Topspin copyright belongs to Cisco Systems, Inc.
1.2 Supported Platforms and Operating Systems
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o CPU architectures:
- x86_64
- - x86
- - ia64
+ - ppc64
++ - x86
o Linux Operating Systems:
- - RedHat EL5: 2.6.18-8.el5
+ - RedHat EL4 up3: 2.6.9-34.ELsmp
+ - RedHat EL4 up4: 2.6.9-42.ELsmp
+ - RedHat EL4 up5: 2.6.9-42.ELsmp
+ - RedHat EL5: 2.6.9-42.ELsmp
- - SLES9 SP3: 2.6.5-7.244-smp
- SLES10: 2.6.16.21-0.8-smp
- - kernel.org: 2.6.19.x and 2.6.20.x
++ - kernel.org: 2.6.20.x
- 1.3 HCAs Supported
- ------------------
- This release supports HCAs by Mellanox Technologies, Qlogic and IBM.
+ 1.3 HCAs and RNICs Supported
+ ----------------------------
+ This release supports IB HCAs by Mellanox Technologies, Qlogic and IBM as
+ well as iWARP RNICs by Chelsio Communications.
o Mellanox Technologies HCAs:
- InfiniHost (fw-23108 Rev 3.5.000)
- - InfiniHost III Ex (MemFree: fw-25218 Rev 5.1.400
- with memory: fw-25208 Rev 4.7.600)
+ - InfiniHost III Ex (MemFree: fw-25218 Rev 5.2.000
+ with memory: fw-25208 Rev 4.8.200)
- InfiniHost III Lx (fw-25204 Rev 1.2.000)
The SDR and DDR modes of the InfiniHost III family are supported.
- - ConnectX IB (fw-25408 Rev 2.0.150)
++ - ConnectX IB (fw-25408 Rev 2.0.156)
For official firmware versions please see:
http://www.mellanox.com/support/firmware_table.php
1.6 OFED Sources:
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Source repositories:
-http://www.openfabrics.org/git/
+ Kernel sources: ~vlad/ofed_1_2/.git
+ User level Sources are located in all git trees starting with: ofed_1_2/
+
+ The kernel sources are based on Linux 2.6.20 mainline kernel. Its patches
+ are included in the OFED sources directory.
For details see HOWTO.build_ofed.