[ewg] Re: [PATCH] docs: Document NFSRDMA mlx4 firmware requirement

[Vladimir Sokolovsky]

Jon Mason wrote:
> Per Bug 1815, Document the NFSRDMA requirement for ConnectX 2.7.0 firmware.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jon Mason <jon at opengridcomputing.com>
> ---
>  nfs-rdma.release-notes.txt |    5 +++++
>  1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/nfs-rdma.release-notes.txt b/nfs-rdma.release-notes.txt
> index f876908..0e966e3 100644
> --- a/nfs-rdma.release-notes.txt
> +++ b/nfs-rdma.release-notes.txt
> @@ -219,3 +219,8 @@ a 64KB page size (like PPC64 and IA64 systems) and your server is using a
>  4KB page size (like i386 and X86_64), then you need to mount the server
>  using rsize=32768,wsize=32768 to avoid overrunning the Chelsio RNIC fast
>  register limits.  This is a known firmware limitation in the Chelsio RNIC.
> +
> +Running NFSRDMA over Mellanox's ConnectX HCA requires that the adapter firmware
> +be 2.7.0 or greater on all NFS clients and servers.  Firmware 2.6.0 has known
> +issues that prevent the RDMA connection from being established.  Firmware 2.7.0
> +has resolved these issues.
> 

Applied,

Regards,
Vladimir