From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jason Gunthorpe Subject: Re: Question on mlx5-ib auto load Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2017 12:52:15 -0600 Message-ID: <20170924185215.GA18007@obsidianresearch.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-rdma-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: Sagi Grimberg Cc: "linux-rdma-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org" List-Id: linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org On Sun, Sep 24, 2017 at 04:43:58PM +0300, Sagi Grimberg wrote: > Did anyone notice that mlx5_ib does not auto load at boot time? > > While mlx5_core requests mlx5_ib, mlx5_ib still does not load > at boot time (only when reloading mlx5_core). I tested this recently, and it does work. Be aware, that if you have mlx5_core in your initrd then you must also have mlx5_ib in the initrd as well, otherwise it will not work. Not all distros are doing this yet. eg there are patches for Debian derived. Jason -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-rdma" in the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html