Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2015 07:01:24 +0000 From: Meny Yossefi <menyy@mellanox.com> To: "doc@FreeBSD.org" <doc@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Oded Shanoon <odeds@mellanox.com>, Meny Yossefi <menyy@mellanox.com>, Hans Petter Selasky <hanss@mellanox.com> Subject: FreeBSD 9.x/10.x-RELEASE Hardware Notes Message-ID: <AM3PR05MB4365056471FF358AAAE0AC9C3350@AM3PR05MB436.eurprd05.prod.outlook.com>
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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):<http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=3Doce&sektion=3D4&manpath= =3DFreeBSD+9.1-RELEASE> * ConnectX-2 <http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=3Doce&sektio= n=3D4&manpath=3DFreeBSD+9.1-RELEASE> * ConnectX-3 <http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=3Doce&sektio= n=3D4&manpath=3DFreeBSD+9.1-RELEASE> MLX4 man page: MLX4(4) FreeBSD Kernel Interfaces M= anual MLX4(4) NAME<http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=3Doce&apropos=3D0&sektion=3D4= &manpath=3DFreeBSD+9.1-RELEASE&arch=3Ddefault&format=3Dhtml#end> mlx4 -- Device driver for Mellanox ConnectX 10Gb/40Gb/56Gb network ada= pters SYNOPSIS<http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=3Doce&apropos=3D0&sektion= =3D4&manpath=3DFreeBSD+9.1-RELEASE&arch=3Ddefault&format=3Dhtml#end> 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)<http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?qu= ery=3Dloader.conf&sektion=3D5&apropos=3D0&manpath=3DFreeBSD+9.1-RELEASE>: mlx4_load=3D"YES" ibcore_load=3D"YES" mlx4ib_load=3D"YES" ipoib_load=3D"YES" mlxen_load=3D"YES" DESCRIPTION<http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=3Doce&apropos=3D0&sekt= ion=3D4&manpath=3DFreeBSD+9.1-RELEASE&arch=3Ddefault&format=3Dhtml#end> 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<http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=3Doce&apropos=3D0&sektion= =3D4&manpath=3DFreeBSD+9.1-RELEASE&arch=3Ddefault&format=3Dhtml#end> The mlx4 driver supports the following network adapters: +o Mellanox ConnectX-2 (IB, ETH) +o Mellanox ConnectX-3 (IB, ETH) SUPPORT<http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=3Doce&apropos=3D0&sektion= =3D4&manpath=3DFreeBSD+9.1-RELEASE&arch=3Ddefault&format=3Dhtml#end> For general information and support, go to the Mellanox website at: http://www.Mellanox.com/ or E-Mail at freebsd-drivers@mellanox.com<mai= lto:freebsd-drivers@mellanox.com>. SEE ALSO<http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=3Doce&apropos=3D0&sektion= =3D4&manpath=3DFreeBSD+9.1-RELEASE&arch=3Ddefault&format=3Dhtml#end> ifconfig(8)<http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=3Difconfig&sektio= n=3D8&apropos=3D0&manpath=3DFreeBSD+9.1-RELEASE> AUTHORS<http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=3Doce&apropos=3D0&sektion= =3D4&manpath=3DFreeBSD+9.1-RELEASE&arch=3Ddefault&format=3Dhtml#end> The mlx4 driver was written by freebsd-drivers@mellanox.com<mailto:fre= ebsd-drivers@mellanox.com>. Thanks,<http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=3Doce&sektion=3D4&manpath= =3DFreeBSD+9.1-RELEASE> Meny Yossefi | SW Engineer | FreeBSD Team Mellanox Technologies Ltd Work: +972-74-7129121, Cell: +972-52-8379557<http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man= .cgi?query=3Doce&sektion=3D4&manpath=3DFreeBSD+9.1-RELEASE>
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