[ewg] 【Ask for help】Install fail question for OFED-5.3

[Vladimir Sokolovsky]

On 11/21/2019 08:17 AM, oulijun wrote:
> Hi, Vlad
>    I used the latest OFED function, and then installed based on suse sp12.4, the following error occurred.
>
>    OFED Distribution Software Installation Menu
[snip]
> Uninstalling the previous version of OFED
> Install ofed-scripts RPM:
> Running rpm -iv  /root/OFED-5.3-20191018-2019/RPMS/sles-release-12.4-1.185/aarch64/ofed-scripts-5.3-0.20191018.2019.g2483cc7.aarch64.rpm
> Build compat-rdma RPM
> Running rpmbuild --rebuild  --define '_topdir /var/tmp//OFED_topdir' --nodeps --define '_dist .sles12sp4' --define 'configure_options   --with-core-mod --with-user_mad-mod --with-user_access-mod --with-addr_trans-mod --with-mlx4-mod --with-mlx4_en-mod --with-mlx5-mod --with-cxgb3-mod --with-cxgb4-mod --with-i40e-mod --with-i40iw-mod --with-INFINIBAND_HNS=m --with-INFINIBAND_HNS_HIP06=m --with-INFINIBAND_HNS_HIP08=m --with-HNS=m --with-HNS3=m --with-ipoib-mod --with-nvme_host-mod --with-nvme_target-mod --with-bnxt_en-mod --with-bnxt_re-mod --with-vmw_pvrdma-mod --with-srp-mod --with-srp-target-mod --with-rds-mod --with-iser-mod --with-isert-mod' --define 'KVERSION 5.3.5-94.41-default' --define 'K_SRC /lib/modules/5.3.5-94.41-default/source' --define 'K_SRC_OBJ /lib/modules/5.3.5-94.41-default/build' --define '_release 0.20191018.2019.g1907aae.5.3.5_94.41_default' --define 'network_dir /etc/sysconfig/network' --define '_prefix /usr' --define '__arch_install_post %{nil}' /root/OFED-5.3-20191018-2019/SRPMS/compat-rdma-5.3-0.20191018.2019.g1907aae.src.rpm
> Failed to build compat-rdma RPM
> See /tmp/OFED.7149.logs/compat-rdma.rpmbuild.log
>
> I still want to verfiy if this OFED-5.3-20191018-2019 can be used for hns. Can you help me to see if there is a problem?
>
> Thanks
> Lijun Ou

Hi Lijun,
You should examine the log /tmp/OFED.7149.logs/compat-rdma.rpmbuild.log 
to understand what failed.
Note that OFED-5.3 is not going to be released, so I do not plan to make 
additional fixes and builds for this version.

Regards,
Vladimir