[ofa-general] OFED-1.4: ofa-kernel modules do not compile on 2.6.26 under Debian Lenny

[Guy Coates]

> The OFED packages by no means provide "more consistent Infiniband support to Debian". 

>If some packages are missing, I would recommend to act and add them in the native Debian forms  
>as Roland suggested in his postings over the other thread and not to go and "port ofed to debian" 
>- its useless and end-in-mind will get you nothing. 

> If you need help with the management libraries (libibmad, libibumad, opensm, diags) push info Debian, 
> there are people on this list who might be able to help you with that.

Hi all,

A bit of historical background;

I started packaging the missing bits of OFED 1.3 for debian etch for my own
private use, as I needed some bits that were not present. (openSM, srp-tools,
and a set of OFED 1.3 kernel modules+headers that I could build lustre against,
which was the ultimate aim of the exercise).

Now that OFED 1.4 + lenny has been released, my aim is to build on that work and
push the remaining unpackaged bits of OFED 1.4  bits upstream.


I am not repackaging any of the bits that Roland has already done. (in fact, my
packages depend on them).

(for the record, the unpackaged bits of OFED which I now have packages for are
below)

dapl_2.0.15-1
ibutils_1.2-1
infiniband-diags_1.4.4-1
libibcm_1.0.4
libibcommon_1.1.2
libibmad_1.2.3-1
libibumad_1.2.3-1
libnes_0.5
libsdp_1.1.99
mstflint_1.4
ofa-kernel_1.4
ofed_1.4
ofed-docs
opensm_3.2.5
perftest_1.2
qlvnictools_0.0.1
rds-tools-1.4
sdpnetstat_1.60
srptools_0.0.4
tvflash_0.9.0


Cheers,

Guy

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