[ewg] [PATCH] Update Release Notes to close BUG#2674
Michal Kalderon
Michal.Kalderon at cavium.com
Thu Mar 8 09:56:09 PST 2018
From: Michal Kalderon <michal.kalderon at cavium.com>
Signed-off-by: Michal Kalderon <michal.kalderon at cavium.com>
---
OFED_release_notes.txt | 7 +++++++
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
diff --git a/OFED_release_notes.txt b/OFED_release_notes.txt
index 4a04201..58521b4 100644
--- a/OFED_release_notes.txt
+++ b/OFED_release_notes.txt
@@ -27,6 +27,13 @@ Fabric, an iWARP Network or a RoCE Fabric.
Note: If you plan to upgrade the OFED package on your cluster, please upgrade
all of its nodes to this new version.
+Note: If you are installing the OFED package on a system that contains the
+providers drivers in the initrd / initramfs you should update the initramfs
+to indicate the new driver locations either manually or using the command:
+dracut -f -v --force for a full rewrite (May differ per distro)
+Failing to do so may lead to failing to probe vendor specific infiniband drivers
+with a mismatch message, or running with inbox drivers instead of the drivers
+that are part of OFED.
1.1 OFED 4.8-2 Contents
-----------------------
--
1.8.3.1
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