* newbie question: Chelsio NIC drivers want kernel 4.1
@ 2016-09-21 18:15 Riches Jr, Robert M
2016-09-21 19:49 ` J Freyensee
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Riches Jr, Robert M @ 2016-09-21 18:15 UTC (permalink / raw)
(New subscriber to the list. Could not find a relevant-looking
FAQ. Searched 25MB of archives before sending. Apologies if I
have the wrong list or am guilty of some other infraction.)
Attempting to set up a pair of machines to do NVMf experiments
with Chelsio T580-LP-CR NICs. Was instructed to use CentOS 7.2,
the Chelsio hardware-specific driver modules, and the
git-snapshot-nvmf-all.3 "NVMe over Fabrics RDMA target support"
module(s). Preliminary testing with Chelsio's binary RPMs (their
rbdi and rbdt modules) worked well.
The git-snapshot-nvmf-all.3 tar archive is kernel 4.7.0-rc2, but
Chelsio's source modules require kernel 4.1 or before. The
NVMf-RDMA-enabled 4.7.0-rc2 kernel built, booted, and is running
well. However, attempts to build the Chelsio NIC modules have
failed--even after modifying the Python configuration script to
not choke when trying to build for kernel 4.1.
To attempt to reconcile the kernel versions, I downloaded this
v4.1 tag snapshot:
http://git.infradead.org/nvme-fabrics.git/snapshot/b953c0d234bc72e8489d3bf51a276c5c4ec85345.tar.gz
However, "make menuconfig" does not show any options resembling
"NVMe over Fabrics RDMA target support" that I could discern.
If necessary, I'm willing to modify the Chelsio driver source to
make it work with kernel 4.7.0-rc2, but I'm suspicious that would
be a rathole.
Any suggestions? What do I not understand about how to get a
kernel that talks to the cards and does "NVMe over Fabrics RDMA
..."? Is there any chance the git-snapshot-nvmf-all.3 kernel
4.7.0-rc2 can talk directly to the cards without the Chelsio
modules?
Thanks,
Robert Riches
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2016-09-21 18:15 newbie question: Chelsio NIC drivers want kernel 4.1 Riches Jr, Robert M
@ 2016-09-21 19:49 ` J Freyensee
2016-09-21 21:13 ` Steve Wise
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: J Freyensee @ 2016-09-21 19:49 UTC (permalink / raw)
On Wed, 2016-09-21@18:15 +0000, Riches Jr, Robert M wrote:
Before diving into this, I want to confirm you are using kernel 4.7.0-
rc2, correct?
If so, please see kernel.org and get the latest mainline 4.8rc build
and start from there.
Regards,
Jay
> (New subscriber to the list.??Could not find a relevant-looking
> FAQ.??Searched 25MB of archives before sending.??Apologies if I
> have the wrong list or am guilty of some other infraction.)
>
> Attempting to set up a pair of machines to do NVMf experiments
> with Chelsio T580-LP-CR NICs.??Was instructed to use CentOS 7.2,
> the Chelsio hardware-specific driver modules, and the
> git-snapshot-nvmf-all.3 "NVMe over Fabrics RDMA target support"
> module(s).??Preliminary testing with Chelsio's binary RPMs (their
> rbdi and rbdt modules) worked well.
>
> The git-snapshot-nvmf-all.3 tar archive is kernel 4.7.0-rc2, but
> Chelsio's source modules require kernel 4.1 or before.??The
> NVMf-RDMA-enabled 4.7.0-rc2 kernel built, booted, and is running
> well.??However, attempts to build the Chelsio NIC modules have
> failed--even after modifying the Python configuration script to
> not choke when trying to build for kernel 4.1.
>
> To attempt to reconcile the kernel versions, I downloaded this
> v4.1 tag snapshot:
>
> ????http://git.infradead.org/nvme-fabrics.git/snapshot/b953c0d234bc72
> e8489d3bf51a276c5c4ec85345.tar.gz
>
> However, "make menuconfig" does not show any options resembling
> "NVMe over Fabrics RDMA target support" that I could discern.
>
> If necessary, I'm willing to modify the Chelsio driver source to
> make it work with kernel 4.7.0-rc2, but I'm suspicious that would
> be a rathole.
>
> Any suggestions???What do I not understand about how to get a
> kernel that talks to the cards and does "NVMe over Fabrics RDMA
> ..."???Is there any chance the git-snapshot-nvmf-all.3 kernel
> 4.7.0-rc2 can talk directly to the cards without the Chelsio
> modules?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Robert Riches
>
>
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* newbie question: Chelsio NIC drivers want kernel 4.1
2016-09-21 19:49 ` J Freyensee
@ 2016-09-21 21:13 ` Steve Wise
0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Steve Wise @ 2016-09-21 21:13 UTC (permalink / raw)
>
> On Wed, 2016-09-21@18:15 +0000, Riches Jr, Robert M wrote:
>
> Before diving into this, I want to confirm you are using kernel 4.7.0-
> rc2, correct?
>
> If so, please see kernel.org and get the latest mainline 4.8rc build
> and start from there.
>
Yes, you can use linux-4.8-rc7 and use the chelsio drivers from that kernel.
Steve.
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