[ofa-general] Re: Installing OFED 1.4.1 in XenServer

[Vladimir Sokolovsky]

Ross Smith wrote:
> Replying to my own email since I've made progress and now have a new question.
>
> OFED 1.4.1 compiles and installs find under the XenServer 5.5 DDK.  My
> question now is how do I transfer these drivers to a live server?
>
> Are there details anywhere about what files need transferring, and how
> they should be loaded?
>
> Alternatively, do I need to attempt to transfer the relevant kernel
> source files from the XenServer DDK to a live server?
>
> thanks,
>
> Ross
>   

Hi Ross,
After installing OFED-1.4.1 you will have binary RPMs under
OFED-1.4.1/RPMS/... directory.
So, to install OFED-1.4.1 on the live server you should run the
same install command (from the same OFED-1.4.1 directory;
you can copy it to the live server if it is not accessible through NFS)
on your server and it will install binary RPMs that were previously
created.
It will not require kernel sources on the live server.

Regards,
Vladimir

>
>
> On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 12:21 PM, Ross Smith<myxiplx at googlemail.com> wrote:
>   
>> Hi guys,
>>
>> I'm very new to Linux, and trying to install OFED in XenServer, is
>> anybody able to help out?
>>
>> XenServer is based on CentOS 5.2, and I'm informed that it should be
>> possible to install this version of OFED, but I'm struggling to get
>> the installation to compile.
>>
>> I believe the proper way to compile the drivers is to use the Citrix
>> Driver Development Kit, which includes all the source for XenServer.
>> However that's supplied as a 2GB virtual machine, and runs out of disk
>> space if I try to install the OFED prerequisits.
>>
>> So instead I'm trying to compile it directly on Dom0 of a XenServer.
>> The prerequisits have installed fine, but the install.pl script fails
>> with:
>>
>> "/lib/modules/2.6.18-92.1.10.el5.xs5.0.0.426.647xen/build/scripts is
>> required to build kernel-ib RPM.
>> Please install the corresponding kernel-source or kernel-devel RPM."
>>
>> On the DDK, I can see that those folders all exist, but I can't find
>> how to install those on a live server.  I've found
>> kernel-2.6.18.92.1.10.el5.xs5.0.0.426.647.src.rpm on the DDK source
>> disk, but installing that does not help.
>>
>> If I were to simply copy the files from the DDK to the live server,
>> could somebody advise me on what I would need to copy.  Do I need
>> anything outside of the /lib/modules/... directory?
>>
>> thanks,
>>
>> Ross
>>
>>     
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