From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 26 07:35:39 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: doc@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 42136FD4 for ; Mon, 26 Jan 2015 07:35:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from emea01-am1-obe.outbound.protection.outlook.com (mail-am1on0666.outbound.protection.outlook.com [IPv6:2a01:111:f400:fe00::666]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "mail.protection.outlook.com", Issuer "MSIT Machine Auth CA 2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8562094E for ; Mon, 26 Jan 2015 07:35:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from AM3PR05MB436.eurprd05.prod.outlook.com (10.242.246.153) by AM3PR05MB435.eurprd05.prod.outlook.com (10.242.246.152) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 15.1.65.19; Mon, 26 Jan 2015 07:01:25 +0000 Received: from AM3PR05MB436.eurprd05.prod.outlook.com ([10.242.246.153]) by AM3PR05MB436.eurprd05.prod.outlook.com ([10.242.246.153]) with mapi id 15.01.0065.013; Mon, 26 Jan 2015 07:01:25 +0000 From: Meny Yossefi To: "doc@FreeBSD.org" Subject: FreeBSD 9.x/10.x-RELEASE Hardware Notes Thread-Topic: FreeBSD 9.x/10.x-RELEASE Hardware Notes Thread-Index: AdA5NeT9c6G6JSkoTYexyRRv/oR0/Q== Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2015 07:01:24 +0000 Message-ID: Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: x-originating-ip: [193.47.165.251] authentication-results: FreeBSD.org; dkim=none (message not signed) header.d=none;FreeBSD.org; dmarc=none action=none header.from=mellanox.com; x-dmarcaction-test: None x-microsoft-antispam: BCL:0;PCL:0;RULEID:(3005004);SRVR:AM3PR05MB435; x-exchange-antispam-report-test: UriScan:; x-exchange-antispam-report-cfa-test: BCL:0;PCL:0;RULEID:;SRVR:AM3PR05MB435; x-forefront-prvs: 0468FE4A2B x-forefront-antispam-report: SFV:NSPM; SFS:(10009020)(164054003)(33656002)(19580395003)(229853001)(16236675004)(40100003)(19625215002)(122556002)(92566002)(19580405001)(76576001)(87936001)(77096005)(19609705001)(66066001)(19300405004)(2351001)(15975445007)(50986999)(102836002)(46102003)(86362001)(62966003)(2656002)(19617315012)(54356999)(77156002)(110136001)(74316001)(2501002)(2900100001)(450100001); DIR:OUT; SFP:1101; SCL:1; SRVR:AM3PR05MB435; H:AM3PR05MB436.eurprd05.prod.outlook.com; FPR:; SPF:None; MLV:sfv; LANG:en; MIME-Version: 1.0 X-OriginatorOrg: Mellanox.com X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-originalarrivaltime: 26 Jan 2015 07:01:24.8141 (UTC) X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-fromentityheader: Hosted X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-id: a652971c-7d2e-4d9b-a6a4-d149256f461b X-MS-Exchange-Transport-CrossTenantHeadersStamped: AM3PR05MB435 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.18-1 Cc: Oded Shanoon , Meny Yossefi , Hans Petter Selasky X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2015 07:35:39 -0000 Hi, We have noticed that Mellanox is not included among the NIC vendors providi= ng a FreeBSD 9.x,10.x (and above) driver. For example: http://www.freebsd.org/releases/9.1R/hardware.html Mellanox has a fully supported Eth and IB driver for ConnectX-2,3 NICs unde= r sys/ofed. Please add the following: [i386,amd64] The mlx4(4) driver supports the following network adapters (IB= , Eth): * ConnectX-2 * ConnectX-3 MLX4 man page: MLX4(4) FreeBSD Kernel Interfaces M= anual MLX4(4) NAME mlx4 -- Device driver for Mellanox ConnectX 10Gb/40Gb/56Gb network ada= pters SYNOPSIS To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following lines in y= our kernel configuration file: options OFED options IPOIB_CM device ipoib device mlx4ib device mlxen Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the following line in loader.conf(5): mlx4_load=3D"YES" ibcore_load=3D"YES" mlx4ib_load=3D"YES" ipoib_load=3D"YES" mlxen_load=3D"YES" DESCRIPTION Mellanox ConnectX adapter cards with Virtual Protocol Interconnect (VPI= ) provide the highest performing and most flexible interconnect solution for Enterprise Data Centers, High-P= erformance Computing, and Embedded environments. Clustered data bases, parallelized applicati= ons, transactional services and high-performance embedded I/O applications w= ill achieve significant performance improvements resulting in reduced completion time and lower cost per op= eration. HARDWARE The mlx4 driver supports the following network adapters: +o Mellanox ConnectX-2 (IB, ETH) +o Mellanox ConnectX-3 (IB, ETH) SUPPORT For general information and support, go to the Mellanox website at: http://www.Mellanox.com/ or E-Mail at freebsd-drivers@mellanox.com. SEE ALSO ifconfig(8) AUTHORS The mlx4 driver was written by freebsd-drivers@mellanox.com. Thanks, Meny Yossefi | SW Engineer | FreeBSD Team Mellanox Technologies Ltd Work: +972-74-7129121, Cell: +972-52-8379557