[ewg] ib_local_sa.ko is not created

[Michael S. Tsirkin]

> Quoting Vladimir Sokolovsky <vlad at dev.mellanox.co.il>:
> Subject: Re: [ewg] ib_local_sa.ko is not created
> 
> Erez Zilber wrote:
> > Vlad,
> > 
> > 
> > I'm trying to build & run ofa_kernel from
> > git://git.openfabrics.org/~vlad/ofed_kernel.git ofed_kernel
> > 
> > 
> > I'm running the following configure cmd:
> > 
> > 
> > ./configure --with-core-mod --with-ipoib-mod --with-mthca-mod
> > --with-mlx4-mod --with-iser-mod
> > 
> > 
> > However, ib_local_sa.ko is not created after I run `make`:
> > 
> > 
> > [root at cumin ofed_kernel]# ll drivers/infiniband/core/*.ko
> > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 467132 Aug 23 2007 drivers/infiniband/core/ib_cm.ko
> > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1239100 Aug 23 2007
> > drivers/infiniband/core/ib_core.ko
> > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 761570 Aug 23 2007 drivers/infiniband/core/ib_mad.ko
> > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 744899 Aug 23 2007 drivers/infiniband/core/ib_sa.ko
> > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 232824 Aug 23 2007 drivers/infiniband/core/iw_cm.ko
> > 
> > 
> > Did I miss something?
> > 
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> 
> Hi Erez,
> You are right, it is not in ofed_kernel yet.

1.2.5 and 1.3 include sean_local_sa_*.patch
patches which implement local sa caching. It just isn't
put in a separate module the way it was in 1.2.

> See the following commit:
> 
> commit b054b6c133aa89907ee93e5d105c0d44774e9e6a
> Author: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst at mellanox.co.il>
> Date:   Tue May 29 16:07:56 2007 +0300
> 
>      Update fixes for kernel 2.6.21-rc3: remove applied patches,
>      update patches dma_map_sg.patch and zap_ipoib_5_cm_drain_by_send_wr.patch
>      Patch merged_sean_rdma_dev_ofed_1_2.patch is out for now - it mixes
>      multiple topics, most of them merged already, except local sa.
>      Remember to generate and add in local sa patch at some later point.
> 
>      Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst at dev.mellanox.co.il>
> 
> Regards,
> Vladimir

This commit is waaaay old - the patches have since been updated
by Sean and made their way in 1.2.5 release and 1.3 tree.

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