From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jabe Subject: What is OFED? (vs in-kernel drivers) Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2011 13:24:33 +0100 Message-ID: <4D246301.40006@shiftmail.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Sender: linux-rdma-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: linux-rdma List-Id: linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org Excuse the newbie question... What is the relationship between OFED and in-kernel infiniband drivers? Is ofed the source of merges? If yes, why is there need for an external development this time, why are drivers not developed within the kernel like it is for all other drivers? Is there more stuff in ofed than there is in the kernel? I see mellanox docs reporting that in order to flash the firmware of their cards you need ofed installed... Do I need to delete in-kernel drivers if I install ofed? I am on ubuntu + vanilla kernel. What is the suggested approach to install ofed in ubuntu? I see there are rpms but not debs: should I go with git? Thank you -- 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