[ewg] [PATCH] doc/nes: more updates to nes release notes for OFED 1.4.
Chien Tung
chien.tin.tung at intel.com
Thu Dec 4 08:08:29 PST 2008
More updates to nes release notes for OFED 1.4
Signed-off-by: Chien Tung <chien.tin.tung at intel.com>
--
Tziporet,
Please apply this patch after the last doc patch I sent out on 11/27. BTW,
I am still using the old filename.
Thanks,
Chien
neteffect_rnic_release_notes.txt | 44 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
1 files changed, 42 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/neteffect_rnic_release_notes.txt b/neteffect_rnic_release_notes.txt
index ebc1531..caf6efe 100644
--- a/neteffect_rnic_release_notes.txt
+++ b/neteffect_rnic_release_notes.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ The iw_nes and libnes modules provide RDMA and NIC support for the
Intel-NE NE020 series of adapters.
============================================
-Loadable Module options:
+Loadable Module options
============================================
The following options can be used when loading the iw_nes module:
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ limit_maxrdreqsz = 0
============================================
-Runtime Module options:
+Runtime Module options
============================================
The following options can be used to alter the behavior of the iw_nes module:
@@ -66,3 +66,43 @@ dynamic interrupt moderation
ethtool -C eth2 rx-frames-high 255 == high watermark of rx queue
ethtool -C eth2 rx-usecs-low 40 == smallest interrupt moderation timer
ethtool -C eth2 rx-usecs-high 1500 == largest interrupt moderation timer
+
+
+============================================
+Recommended setting
+============================================
+RDMA connections use the same TCP port space as the host stack. To avoid
+conflicts, set rdma_cm module option unify_tcp_port_sapce to 1 by adding
+the following to /etc/modprobe.conf:
+
+ options rdma_cm unify_tcp_port_space=1
+
+
+============================================
+Known issues
+============================================
+On RHEL4 update 4, we have observed /dev/infiniband/uverbs0 does not
+always get created. This device file is used for user-mode access to
+accelerated interface. Current workaround is to change the start order
+for openibd(S05openibd) to after network(S10network). For systems that
+start at runlevel 3 do the following:
+
+ mv /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S05openibd /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S11openibd
+
+For runlevel 5 do:
+
+ mv /etc/rc.d/rc5.d/S05openibd /etc/rc.d/rc5.d/S11openibd
+
+
+Some MPIs require the node that initiated the RDMA connection to send
+the first RDMA message. Enable this feature by adding the following
+to /etc/modprobe.conf:
+
+ options iw_nes send_first=1
+
+
+For Intel MPI, iw_nes currently does not support dynamic connection
+establishment feature. Turn it off by setting/exporting the
+I_MPI_USE_DYNAMIC_CONNECTIONS variable to 0:
+
+ export I_MPI_USE_DYNAMIC_CONNECTIONS=0
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