From: Vipul Pandya Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2012 13:40:46 +0000 (+0530) Subject: Modify cxgb4 release notes X-Git-Url: https://openfabrics.org/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=c3e5f2729512618b2eafbced1a0fa294808974c1;p=~tnikolova%2Fdocs%2F.git Modify cxgb4 release notes Signed-off-by: Vipul Pandya --- diff --git a/release_notes/cxgb4_release_notes.txt b/release_notes/cxgb4_release_notes.txt index 802a530..2b65f72 100644 --- a/release_notes/cxgb4_release_notes.txt +++ b/release_notes/cxgb4_release_notes.txt @@ -1,12 +1,19 @@ 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. +============================================ +New for OFED-3.5 +============================================ +- Added T4 firmware configuration file support +- Added new T4 firmware 1.6.2.0 support. +- Important bug fixes + ============================================ New for OFED-1.5.4 ============================================ @@ -22,13 +29,10 @@ Supported Operating System - 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 @@ -45,13 +49,13 @@ Supported Cards Updating Firmware ================= 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. @@ -71,7 +75,7 @@ Now note the ethernet interface name for the T4 device. This can be 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 +# cxgbtool loadfw # reboot NOTE: Driver package on the service.chelsio.com is getting updated @@ -180,6 +184,14 @@ To run Intel MPI applications: ============= OpenMPI: ============= +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. @@ -195,6 +207,15 @@ To run OpenMPI applications: ============= MVAPICH2: ============= +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: