[openib-general] Firmware needed for cougar MT23108 A1

[Thierry Delaitre]

On Fri, 15 Jul 2005, Roland Dreier wrote:

>     Thierry> I'm trying to use the openib trunk with a cougar MT23108
>     Thierry> A1. However, the module complains that i have firmware
>     Thierry> 3.2.0 instead of 3.3.2. Where can i find this firmware ?
>     Thierry> My Ib provider has got only 3.2 firmware.
>
> If you aren't experiencing any problems, then you may want to stick to
> 3.2.0 firmware.  The main new feature of 3.3.2 is support for MSI-X.
> However, Shirley Ma reported having problems with 3.3.2 that went away
> when she downgraded to 3.2.0.

3.2 is fine with me but the openib driver was complaining that i need to
upgrade to 3.3 and i believe the driver is not happy about this. I've not
used openib before as i'm using the topspin's ib kernel modules.

> If you really want to upgrade, then you can bug your HCA vendor for an
> update or try downloading firmware from the Mellanox web site and
> then preparing your own firmware images.

I've seen the firmware on the mellanox web site but the format of the
files do seem different than the topspin ones. I've seen on this mailing
list that some people have mentioned mellanox tools for converting images
but as i'm using topspin, it will be tricky to convert the file in the
right format, i believe.

Thierry.