From 7c9e1d8bedee5601ac4364d7bb3102aa4feaf792 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jeff Becker Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2011 11:29:39 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] NFSRDMA: release notes Signed-off-by: Jeff Becker --- release_notes/nfs-rdma.release-notes.txt | 20 +++++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/release_notes/nfs-rdma.release-notes.txt b/release_notes/nfs-rdma.release-notes.txt index ef00e66..7a933c7 100644 --- a/release_notes/nfs-rdma.release-notes.txt +++ b/release_notes/nfs-rdma.release-notes.txt @@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ Adapted for OFED 1.5.1 (from linux-2.6.30/Documentation/filesystems/nfs-rdma.txt) by Jon Mason + Further adapted for OFED 1.5.4 by Jeff Becker + Table of Contents ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - Overview @@ -33,6 +35,13 @@ Overview the full Connectathon test suite and operates over both Infiniband and iWARP RDMA adapters. +OFED 1.5.4 limitations: +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + NFS/RDMA has been ported and tested on the following kernels: + - Redhat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) version 6.1 + - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) version 11 service pack 1 + - kernel.org 2.6.30-2.6.38 + OFED 1.5.3 limitations: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NFSoRDMA was removed from the list of packages in the install script to @@ -82,10 +91,8 @@ Installation Testing has been performed using several Mellanox-based IB cards and the Chelsio cxgb3 iWARP adapter. - - Install OFED 1.5.1 + - Install OFED 1.5.4 - NFS/RDMA has been tested on RHEL5.2, RHEL 5.3, RHEL5.4, SLES11, - kernels 2.6.22, 2.6.25, and 2.6.30. On these kernels, NFS-RDMA will be installed by default if you simply select "install all", and can be specifically included by a "custom" install. @@ -211,12 +218,7 @@ NFS/RDMA Setup Mount the NFS/RDMA server: - $ mount.rnfs :/ /mnt -o proto=rdma,port=20049 - - NOTE: For kernels < 2.6.23, the "-i" flag must be passed into mount.rnfs. - This option allows the mount command to ignore the kernel version check. If - not disabled, the check will prevent passing arguments to the kernel and not - allow the updated version of NFS to accept the "rdma" NFS option. + $ mount -t nfs4 :/ /mnt -o rdma,port=20049 To verify that the mount is using RDMA, run "cat /proc/mounts" and check the "proto" field for the given mount. -- 2.41.0