Monday, October 30, 2017 10:22 AM, Nélio Laranjeiro:
> On Sun, Oct 29, 2017 at 01:49:42PM +0200, Shahaf Shuler wrote:
> > @@ -353,8 +355,10 @@ releases.
> > RMDA Core with Linux Kernel
> > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> >
> > -- Minimal kernel version : 4.13-rc4 (see `Linux installation
> > documentation`_)
> > -- Minimal rdma-core version: v15 (see `RDMA Core installation
> > documentation`_)
> > +- Minimal kernel version : 4.14-rc6+ commit 25a5d23b4799 ("Merge tag
> > +'kbuild-fixes-v4.14-2' of
> > +git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/masahiroy/linux-kbuild"
> > +)
>
> According to
> https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fww
> w.kernel.org%2F&data=02%7C01%7Cshahafs%40mellanox.com%7C92970b5a
> 32d049cad1ac08d51f6f59de%7Ca652971c7d2e4d9ba6a4d149256f461b%7C0%
> 7C0%7C636449485478543975&sdata=Qw5faaoaRZbvzPlrGBKJrpg6dXZD8u1uz
> 6TMwKVJyTc%3D&reserved=0, the v4.14-rc7 is out, don't it have everything
> needed?
It has. When I release this patch it wasn't present yet.
>
> And why not simply put v4.14?
The point is the v4.14 is expected to be released on the 12/11 according to
http://phb-crystal-ball.org/
So we may have a week on which there is no upstream kernel which supports mlx5.
At second thought - since we are not yet on rc3 it may be OK.
>
> > + (see `Linux installation documentation`_)
> > +- Minimal rdma-core version: v15+ commit f967fd5e38c7 ("Merge pull
> > +request #231 from rleon/topic/fix-cplusplus")
> > + (see `RDMA Core installation documentation`_)
> >
> > .. _`Linux installation documentation`:
> >
> https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgit
> > .kernel.org%2Fpub%2Fscm%2Flinux%2Fkernel%2Fgit%2Fstable%2Flinux-
> stable
> > .git%2Fplain%2FDocumentation%2Fadmin-
> guide%2FREADME.rst&data=02%7C01%7
> >
> Cshahafs%40mellanox.com%7C92970b5a32d049cad1ac08d51f6f59de%7Ca652
> 971c7
> >
> d2e4d9ba6a4d149256f461b%7C0%7C0%7C636449485478543975&sdata=MKU
> bb2GjH9z
> > PsaQ14LnaMODAI8jOg1horwqRzSUroZA%3D&reserved=0
> > .. _`RDMA Core installation documentation`:
> >
> https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fra
> w
> > .githubusercontent.com%2Flinux-rdma%2Frdma-
> core%2Fmaster%2FREADME.md&d
> >
> ata=02%7C01%7Cshahafs%40mellanox.com%7C92970b5a32d049cad1ac08d51
> f6f59d
> >
> e%7Ca652971c7d2e4d9ba6a4d149256f461b%7C0%7C0%7C6364494854785439
> 75&sdat
> >
> a=DP6n%2FH7kgbbbctXfr5mgiJPelHfKgtMQMYrSHy7yA1Q%3D&reserved=0
> > @@ -365,10 +369,10 @@ Mellanox OFED
> > - Mellanox OFED version: **4.2**.
> > - firmware version:
> >
> > - - ConnectX-4: **12.20.1010** and above.
> > - - ConnectX-4 Lx: **14.20.1010** and above.
> > - - ConnectX-5: **16.20.1010** and above.
> > - - ConnectX-5 Ex: **16.20.1010** and above.
> > + - ConnectX-4: **12.21.1000** and above.
> > + - ConnectX-4 Lx: **14.21.1000** and above.
> > + - ConnectX-5: **16.21.1000** and above.
> > + - ConnectX-5 Ex: **16.21.1000** and above.
> >
> > While these libraries and kernel modules are available on OpenFabrics
> > Alliance's `website
> >
> <https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fw
> w
> >
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> > E%3D&reserved=0>`__ and provided by package @@ -421,7 +425,7 @@
> Quick
> > Start Guide on OFED
> >
> > .. code-block:: console
> >
> > - ./mlnxofedinstall
> > + ./mlnxofedinstall --upstream-libs --dpdk
> >
> > 3. Verify the firmware is the correct one:
> >
> > --
> > 2.12.0
>
> Regards,
>
> --
> Nélio Laranjeiro
> 6WIND
