From 248ed52fea704d74591a43857a44efa67aefd817 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tziporet Koren Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2007 21:45:29 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] update from Hoang-Nam Nguyen --- ehca_release_notes.txt | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) mode change 100644 => 100755 ehca_release_notes.txt diff --git a/ehca_release_notes.txt b/ehca_release_notes.txt old mode 100644 new mode 100755 index 2042709..d1f7c7e --- a/ehca_release_notes.txt +++ b/ehca_release_notes.txt @@ -1,7 +1,8 @@ - Open Fabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED) - ehca in OFED 1.2 Release Notes - June 2007 + Open Fabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED) + ehca in OFED 1.2 Release Notes + + June 2007 Overview @@ -12,7 +13,7 @@ ehca Available Parameters -------------------------- In order to set ehca parameters, add the following line(s) to /etc/modprobe.conf: - options ib_ehca = + options ib_ehca = whereby is one of the following items: - debug_level debug level (0: no debug traces (default), 1: with debug traces) @@ -32,26 +33,32 @@ Fixed Bugs - Removed do_mmap() and obsolete prototypes - Serialized calls to register_mr() (Bugzilla #574) +Available backports +------------------- +- RedHat EL4 up5: 2.6.9-42.ELsmp +- RedHat EL5: 2.6.18-8.ELsmp +- SLES10: 2.6.16.21-0.8-smp +- kernel.org: 2.6.19.x and 2.6.20.x + Known Issues ------------ - 1. The device driver normally uses both ports. For using just one port connect the ports as shown in Figure 1 and load the device driver by running `modprobe ib_ehca nr_ports=1`. - --------- IB Card in p570 - | + --------- IB Card in p570 + | \ / - +---+ + +---+ | # | | # | | # | | # | <--- Port 2: NOT CONNECTED - | # | - |---| | # | + |---| | # | | # | + | # | | # | <--- Port 1: CONNECTED TO THE INFINIBAND SWITCH | # | +---+ @@ -63,4 +70,6 @@ NOTE: In OpenPower 720 and p550 port 1 is at the top, port 2 is at the bottom. 2. Furthermore the port(s) needs to be connected to an active switch port while loading the ehca device driver. -3. ehca does not compile on RedHat EL4 up5 PPC64 +3. RedHat EL5 2.6.18-8.ELsmp + User space not supported + -- 2.46.0