[openib-general] Re: Flash sector size? eh?

[Fabian Tillier]

On 12/7/05, Grant Grundler <iod00d at hp.com> wrote:
> I don't know what to make of the "76-" for board ID.
> Could this be a prototype board with some HP generated firmware?
>
> Is "Board ID" the only way to tell which vendor provided an HCA?
> I normally expect Subsystem ID to tell me that but have the impression
> (after looking at several PCI-X HCAs I have installed) that I can't
> trust that in this case. :(

The GUIDs have the OUI of the vendor in the first 3 bytes.  0002c9 is
Mellanox, and 001321 is HP.  So your card looks like it has HP FW. 
However, that in itself shouldn't prevent the FW from loading, so I'm
not of much use to you.  I'll let Michael chime in on that part.

- Fab