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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Hi Pat:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>Please send me the patch.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>Karun</FONT></DIV></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> Patrick Mullaney [mailto:pmullaney@novell.com]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Fri 8/18/2006 1:03 PM<BR><B>To:</B> openfabrics-ewg@openib.org; Sharma, Karun<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [openfabrics-ewg] Not able to remove modules in SLES10<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=2>Sharma,<BR><BR>This is a problem with using ipoib interfaces on SLES for which I have<BR>a patch. It will appear as an update to SLES shortly. If you would like<BR>me to send you the patch directly, let me know.<BR><BR>Thanks.<BR>Pat<BR><BR><BR>>>> "Sharma, Karun" <ksharma@silverstorm.com> 8/18/2006 12:15 AM >>><BR>Hi:<BR><BR>When I am trying to remove ipoib module on SLES10 machine, it is not<BR>getting removed. I am using "modprobe -r ib_ipoib" command. This command<BR>is not giving me any error but if i do lsmod, i still see the module<BR>running. I have also tried rmmod.<BR><BR>Please note that on RHEL4 up3 kernel, I am able to remove the module.<BR><BR>Attached below is the output. I have also attached output from<BR>/var/log/messages file below. Is it a bug in OFED or SLES ?<BR><BR>Thanks,<BR>Karun<BR><BR>########################################################<BR>ss23:/usr/local/ofed/bin # lsmod | grep ipoib<BR>ib_ipoib 60432 0<BR>ib_sa 28940 1 ib_ipoib<BR>ib_core 61312 6<BR>ib_uverbs,ib_umad,ib_mthca,ib_ipoib,ib_sa,ib_mad<BR>ss23:/usr/local/ofed/bin # modprobe -r ib_ipoib<BR>ss23:/usr/local/ofed/bin # lsmod | grep ipoib<BR>ib_ipoib 60432 0<BR>ib_sa 28940 1 ib_ipoib<BR>ib_core 61312 6<BR>ib_ipoib,ib_uverbs,ib_umad,ib_mthca,ib_sa,ib_mad<BR>ss23:/usr/local/ofed/bin #<BR><BR>### Output from /var/log/messages ######<BR>Aug 17 18:06:17 ss23 kernel: ib_ipoib: module not supported by Novell,<BR>setting U taint flag.<BR>Aug 17 18:06:17 ss23 ifdown: ib0<BR>Aug 17 18:06:17 ss23 ifdown: ib0 configuration: ib1<BR>Aug 17 18:06:17 ss23 ifdown: ib1<BR>Aug 17 18:06:18 ss23 ifup: ib1 device: Mellanox Technologies<BR>MT23108 InfiniHost (rev a1)<BR>Aug 17 18:06:18 ss23 ifup: ib0 device: Mellanox Technologies<BR>MT23108 InfiniHost (rev a1)<BR>Aug 17 18:06:18 ss23 ifup: ib0 configuration: ib1<BR>Aug 17 18:06:18 ss23 kernel: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): ib1: link is not<BR>ready<BR>Aug 17 18:06:18 ss23 kernel: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): ib0: link is not<BR>ready<BR>Aug 17 18:06:18 ss23 kernel: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): ib0: link becomes<BR>ready<BR>Aug 17 18:06:18 ss23 kernel: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): ib1: link becomes<BR>ready<BR>Aug 17 18:06:29 ss23 kernel: ib1: no IPv6 routers present<BR>Aug 17 18:06:29 ss23 kernel: ib0: no IPv6 routers present<BR>############################################################<BR></FONT></P></DIV></BODY></HTML>