Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2016 14:22:26 +0000 From: Justin Clift <justin@postgresql.org> To: Meny Yossefi <menyy@mellanox.com> Cc: =?utf-8?Q?Vin=C3=ADcius_Ferr=C3=A3o?= <ferrao@vmio.com.br>, "freebsd-infiniband@freebsd.org" <freebsd-infiniband@freebsd.org>, Mark Bloch <markb@mellanox.com>, Yuval Bason <yuvalba@mellanox.com>, Hans Petter Selasky <hanss@mellanox.com> Subject: Re: Device hints to put mlx4 on IB mode Message-ID: <5391E407-3C0B-4BD8-990F-4985C18C077A@postgresql.org> In-Reply-To: <DB5PR05MB176574483FAD950605612414C3BD0@DB5PR05MB1765.eurprd05.prod.outlook.com> References: <B1D279B3-FD90-4997-84D2-605D7B4AE967@vmio.com.br> <fabc0ffda5574d729360cacca6650267@AM5PR0502MB2916.eurprd05.prod.outlook.com> <DB5PR05MB176572180CC2D5143694F8B7C3B80@DB5PR05MB1765.eurprd05.prod.outlook.com> <D2621C85-E6C0-4A2B-8E6D-A32655DE5ABA@vmio.com.br> <DB5PR05MB176574483FAD950605612414C3BD0@DB5PR05MB1765.eurprd05.prod.outlook.com>
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On 13 Nov 2016, at 13:42, Meny Yossefi <menyy@mellanox.com> wrote: >=20 > Hi,=20 >=20 > There's a tool called 'mlxconfig' which can change port's type, but I = think it requires the driver to be loaded, so no real help here. > You can try contacting our support team (support@mellanox.com) about = the tool. >=20 > Which kernel version are you using?=20 > In recent versions, we added a patch the forces port type to come up = as ETH.=20 > In that case, changing it to IB will just be a one liner to maintain.=20= Another option may be to add a new sysctl. Something to change "all the = ports" instead of changing them one-by-one. Maybe named like: sys.device.mlx4_core0.mlx4_ports=3D"ib" If that would be acceptable for the main FreeBSD source, it wouldn't = have to be manually applied to every build. + Justin -- "My grandfather once told me that there are two kinds of people: those who work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was less competition there." - Indira Gandhi
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