From: Tziporet Koren Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2008 08:58:57 +0000 (+0200) Subject: updates X-Git-Url: https://openfabrics.org/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=3ed9d7eeda504067ffde7d909c46dadf8cf9b971;p=~ardavis%2Fofed_docs%2F.git updates --- diff --git a/OFED_release_notes.txt b/OFED_release_notes.txt index b3c0cb3..13936bd 100644 --- a/OFED_release_notes.txt +++ b/OFED_release_notes.txt @@ -83,7 +83,9 @@ Notes: - SLES10 SP1 up1: 2.6.16.53-0.16-smp - SLES10 SP2: 2.6.16.60-0.21-smp - OpenSuSE 10.3: 2.6.22.5-31 * - - kernel.org: 2.6.26 and 2.6.27-rc5 + - OEL 4 up7 2.6.9-78.ELsmp + - OEL 5 up2 2.6.18-92.el5 + - kernel.org: 2.6.26 and 2.6.27 * Minimal QA for these versions diff --git a/neteffect_rnic_release_notes.txt b/neteffect_rnic_release_notes.txt deleted file mode 100644 index caf6efe..0000000 --- a/neteffect_rnic_release_notes.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,108 +0,0 @@ - Open Fabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED) - Intel-NE RNIC RELEASE NOTES - November 2008 - - - -The iw_nes and libnes modules provide RDMA and NIC support for the -Intel-NE NE020 series of adapters. - -============================================ -Loadable Module options -============================================ -The following options can be used when loading the iw_nes module: - -mpa_version = 1; - "MPA version to be used int MPA Req/Resp (0 or 1)" - -disable_mpa_crc = 0; - "Disable checking of MPA CRC" - -send_first = 0; - "Send RDMA Message First on Active Connection" - -nes_drv_opt = 0; - "Driver option parameters" - - NES_DRV_OPT_ENABLE_MSI 0x00000010 - NES_DRV_OPT_DUAL_LOGICAL_PORT 0x00000020 - NES_DRV_OPT_SUPRESS_OPTION_BC 0x00000040 - NES_DRV_OPT_NO_INLINE_DATA 0x00000080 - NES_DRV_OPT_DISABLE_INT_MOD 0x00000100 - NES_DRV_OPT_DISABLE_VIRT_WQ 0x00000200 - NES_DRV_OPT_DISABLE_LRO 0x00000400 - -nes_debug_level = 0; - "Enable debug output level" - -wqm_quanta = 65536 - "Size of data to be transmitted at a time" - -limit_maxrdreqsz = 0 - "Limit PCI read request size to 256 bytes" - - -============================================ -Runtime Module options -============================================ -The following options can be used to alter the behavior of the iw_nes module: - -tso - ethtool -K eth2 tso on == enables tso - ethtool -K eth2 tso off == disables tso - -jumbo - ifconfig eth2 mtu 9000 == largest mtu supported - -static interrupt moderation - ethtool -C eth2 rx-usecs-irq 128 - -dynamic interrupt moderation - ethtool -C eth2 adaptive-rx on == enable - ethtool -C eth2 adaptive-rx off == disable - -dynamic interrupt moderation - ethtool -C eth2 rx-frames-low 12 == low watermark of rx queue - ethtool -C eth2 rx-frames-high 255 == high watermark of rx queue - ethtool -C eth2 rx-usecs-low 40 == smallest interrupt moderation timer - ethtool -C eth2 rx-usecs-high 1500 == largest interrupt moderation timer - - -============================================ -Recommended setting -============================================ -RDMA connections use the same TCP port space as the host stack. To avoid -conflicts, set rdma_cm module option unify_tcp_port_sapce to 1 by adding -the following to /etc/modprobe.conf: - - options rdma_cm unify_tcp_port_space=1 - - -============================================ -Known issues -============================================ -On RHEL4 update 4, we have observed /dev/infiniband/uverbs0 does not -always get created. This device file is used for user-mode access to -accelerated interface. Current workaround is to change the start order -for openibd(S05openibd) to after network(S10network). For systems that -start at runlevel 3 do the following: - - mv /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S05openibd /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S11openibd - -For runlevel 5 do: - - mv /etc/rc.d/rc5.d/S05openibd /etc/rc.d/rc5.d/S11openibd - - -Some MPIs require the node that initiated the RDMA connection to send -the first RDMA message. Enable this feature by adding the following -to /etc/modprobe.conf: - - options iw_nes send_first=1 - - -For Intel MPI, iw_nes currently does not support dynamic connection -establishment feature. Turn it off by setting/exporting the -I_MPI_USE_DYNAMIC_CONNECTIONS variable to 0: - - export I_MPI_USE_DYNAMIC_CONNECTIONS=0