RE: [PATCH rdma-core 0/5] Common systemd/udev based boot support

["Steve Wise" <swise-7bPotxP6k4+P2YhJcF5u+vpXobYPEAuW@public.gmane.org>]

> >
> > Hey Jason,
> >
> > Thanks for doing all this!  I'm testing with cxgb4 today.
> >
> > I get these errors building the rpms using the spec file in your tree:
> 
> I think you are using ./rdma-core.spec? I forgot about that one and
> didn't make it work, I will fix it.
> 
> You probably want to use redhat/rdma-core.spec anyhow?
>

Ok.  I haven't been paying attention to the distro-specific stuff. I had a
process I have been following to build an rpm from ./rdma-core.spec.  I'll try
the redhat spec file since I'm installing on a RHEL7.2 system.
 
> When testing, you want to start with a system that doesn't load any
> modules, then install the new rpms and see what happens. (rdma-core, iwpmd)
> 

I've uninstalled all the pertinent packages, I think, with this:

yum autoremove -y libibverbs librdmacm libibumad libiwpm

> For iwarp I expect that systemd will auto start these units:
> 
>   rdma-load-modules-r79FGtN6zq8c5CkaFG5UGg@public.gmane.org  loaded active     exited    Load RDMA
> modules from /etc/rdma/modules/iwpmd.conf
>   rdma-load-modules-XSrBNAzizW1TDjBF/Jpztg@public.gmane.org   loaded active     exited    Load RDMA
modules
> from /etc/rdma/modules/rdma.conf
>   rdma-load-modules-mPXOxrv7gkYc5CkaFG5UGg@public.gmane.org  loaded active     exited    Load RDMA
modules
> from /etc/rdma/modules/iwarp.conf
>   iwpmd.service                    loaded active     running   iWarp Port
Mapper
> 
> And you should have a reasonable set of modules loaded. Check the
> journal for interesting errors also..
> 

Will do.

> For cxgb4 these are the two critical udev lines:
> 
> ENV{ID_NET_DRIVER}=="cxgb4", RUN{builtin}+="kmod load iw_cxgb4"
> DRIVERS=="cxgb4", ENV{ID_RDMA_IWARP}="1"
> 
> The first should load iw_cxgb4 if an ethernet device with the cxgb4
> driver is found (the driver name being matched is as reported by
> ethtool -i)
> 
> Both need to trigger for things to work properly, you can check with:
> 
> $ udevadm info /sys/class/net/ethX
> $ udevadm info /sys/class/infiniband/cxgb4_0 # ??
>

Thanks!  I'll let you know how it goes.

Steve.

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