patches for OFED 1.5.3RC4

2011-02-22 Thread Meyer, Donald J
We tried to compile OFED 1.5.3RC4 on a RH DEVELOPMENT kernel for RH6 (aka a pre-version of the next update to the RH6 kernel) and run into a series of issues We managed to compile it using the patches attached (to be applied directly against the tar tree in SRPMS/ofa_kernel-1.5.3-OFED.1.5.3.rc4

mlx4_core unable to use MSI-x on our nodes

2010-07-22 Thread Meyer, Donald J
In our dmesg log I see "mlx4_core :02:00.0: Only 12 MSI-X vectors available, need 25. Not using MSI-X" which if I read it correctly says our mlx4_core is unable to use MSI-X which if I also understand correctly means the mlx4_core can't use the sharing of interrupts among all processors. If

RE: ibstat stuck in state initialized after reboot

2010-03-24 Thread Meyer, Donald J
iNet 8-371-9532 *Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others -Original Message- From: Michael Robbert [mailto:mrobb...@mines.edu] Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 12:43 PM To: Ira Weiny Cc: Meyer, Donald J; linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: ibstat stuck in state i

RE: ibstat stuck in state initialized after reboot

2010-03-24 Thread Meyer, Donald J
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/server_nw_virtual/7024/release_4.1/hardware/installation/guide/7024hig.pdf smControl Starts and stops the embedded subnet manager. Syntax: smControl start | stop | restart | status Thanks, Don Meyer Senior Network/System Engineer/Programmer US+ (253) 371-9532 iNet

error in ibdiagnet output

2009-10-29 Thread Meyer, Donald J
In the output of ibdiagnet, there is a line that has improper terminology. The line refers to "partial" where the proper term is "limited" (per the IB standard). Example shown below: -I--- -I- Fabric Partitions Report (see ibdiagnet.pkey for a fu