[openib-general] initialization -udev

Hal Rosenstock halr at voltaire.com
Mon Oct 17 13:42:21 PDT 2005


Hi Suri,

On Mon, 2005-10-17 at 16:15, Suresh Shelvapille wrote:
> Folks:
> Another basic question, I just built my 2.6.10 kernel with core Infiniband
> stack. I only have CONFIG_INFINIBAND=y and nothing else (I don't need
> anything else for now!). 

If you want modules, set it to m not y.

> Couple of questions:
> 
> 1. Do I need to load any of the kernel modules by hand? I don't have
> etc/udev directory (none of the modules listed in MST's installation cheat
> sheet are applicable to me I think!)
> 2. What should I see to confirm that the core Infiniband stack is loaded
> correctly?

You should do an /sbin/lsmod | grep ib_ and see that ib_mthca (or
whatever your driver is), ib_mad, and ib_core are loaded. I think that's
allz you need right now.

-- Hal

> 
> Thanks,
> Suri
> 
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