[openib-general] openib tools to update mellnox firmware

[Michael S. Tsirkin]

Quoting r. somenath <somenath at veritas.com>:
> thanks Tziporet.
> from ur link , I am looking here
> http://www.mellanox.com/support/firmware_table.php
> 
> for the exact HCA I have from your list. I don't find the exact match of 
> OPN and Card Rev (PSID) and I don't know how to find those.
> all I found about that card is this:
> [root at alekhine bin]# ./ibstat
> CA 'mthca0'
>         CA type: MT25208 (MT23108 compat mode)
>         Number of ports: 2
>         Firmware version: 4.6.0
>         Hardware version: a0
>         Node GUID: 0x0005ad0000039abc
>         System image GUID: 0x0005ad000100d050
> 
> Is there another tool which will give me OPN/Card Rev (PSID) so that I 
> can match exactly from the table above?
> 

Try this:

cat /sys/class/infiniband/mthca0/board_id

> also, another question: is the latest firmware backward compatible with 
> the openib stack I am using? (from redhat binary distribtution RH4 
> update 3)?
> 
> thanks, som.

Should be.

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