Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-amd64 (449 mails)

["Mikhail Kuzminsky" <kus@xxxxxxxx>]

         Dear colleagues !

I've some problem w/Mellanox IB software installation (in particular,
the absence of xp0 kernel module).

I've installed Infiniband HCA (PCI-X Infinihost MT23108 low profile)
to upgarde my interconnect on Tyan S2880 under SuSE Linux 9.0 
(2.4.21-243).
It's official software platform supported by whole Mellanox 
IBHPC-0.5.0
software collection. 

1)After minor source modification (in mosal.c) the installation 
(INSTALL script) was finished successfully. But after reboot I see 
that

a) mst tools started successfully
b) and I see then following boot messages:

 Setting up network interfaces :
   eth0
   eth1  - both done
   ib0: modprobe: modprobe: can't locate module xp0

and ib0 interface is down (it's not connected through IB cable 
really). But I may do ib0 up manually; in particular, 
/etc/init.d/network start
put ib0 in "up" state.

I didn't find xb0.o  in /lib/modules, and in any Mellanox software
rpm's also ! What should I do now - and what/where is xp0 module ??

2) I configured IPoIB at the installation. (To try IBsNice) I issued
vapi start

after boot, and see the message

Loading mod_ib_mgt FAILED

("manual" modprobe mod_ib_mgt 
leads to
init_module: device or reesource busy)

If I run IBsNice, then I receive the same message about
mod_ib_mgt

but IBsNice create virtual eth2 , and ping to the IP of eth2 works
normally.

I'll be very appreciate if somebody clarify me this situation 
w/mod_ib_mgt !

3) TO BE MORE CORRECT: pls take into account, that my host w/installed
software& Mellanox hardware *isn't connected* currently with IB switch
(i.e. is "standalone" server !)

Yours
Mikhail Kuzminsky
Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry
Moscow