[ofa-general] ConnectX problems on Sles10sp1

[Pradeep Satyanarayana]

Roland Dreier wrote:
>  > My suspicion is that Installed FW version is 2.0.150, that is lower than the OFED 1.2.5 Wiki 
>  > suggestion for ConnectX IB (fw-25408 Rev 2.2.000) maybe causing problems. However when I load the 
>  > mlx4_ib module no errors are seen.
> 
> You really need to update your firmware.
> 
> Are you sure there are no kernel messages?  Maybe not from mlx4_ib,
> but from mlx4_core?
>
There are no kernel messages at all. The other vexing issue really is that I need the
device to be available (if recollect I need the PSID for example to download the firmware 
for the correct adapter) to update the firmware, at least if I were to use mstflint. Any 
ways around that?

Pradeep