[ofw] files for network direct(ibndprov.dll)

[Smith, Stan]

Go Yoshimura wrote:
> Thank you for your helps.
> - We understand ND binaries and others are not always updated at the
> same time.
> - Ibscan.bat and Ibcleanup.bat help us very much.
>   With these files, we have succeeded uninstalling
> WinOF_2-0_wlh_x64.zip(v2.0_rc2) and then installing WinIB-ND
>   v1.4.1(from mellanox.com).

Why do you add the WinIB-ND on top of WinOF?

> - When we run IBcleanup.bat, we
> sometimes(2 cases for 5 systems) get messages which means "Access
> denied". In this case, we have to reboot and re-run IBcleanup.bat.

I suspect you are running server 2008, as files in the driver store are owned by System which is now different from Administrator. The files in the driver store need to have their owner changed to Administrator, then 'Full-control' applied to said files, then one can actually delete them....sigh.


>
> go
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>
> Smith, Stan wrote:
>> Go Yoshimura wrote:
>>> Hello all!
>>>
>>> We have questions about files for network direct.
>>> - ibndprov.dll, ibndprov32.dll and ndinstall.exe in
>>>   WinOF_2-0_wlh_x64.zip(v2.0_rc2) are built on 08-27-2008. Many
>>>   other files are built on 09-25-2008. Is this as you intend? (no
>>>   update for network direct) We get it from here
>>
>> ND binaries incorporated in the WinOF release are delivered from
>> Mellanox.
>> The OFA-Windows is a BSD license only setup, Microsoft legal has yet
>> to approve ND IB provider src under a BSD license. Hence the only
>> way to incorporate ND into a WinOF release is from a MS licensed
>> vendor.
>>
>>>
>>> http://www.openfabrics.org/downloads/WinOF/v2.0_rc2/Server_2008-Vista-HPC/Installers/WinOF_2-0_wlh_x64.zip
>>>
>>
>> Yes - you are correct, Ibscan.bat and Ibcleanup.bat have recently
>> been updated.
>> Please understand, IBscan & IBcleanup are not supported, along with
>> being transitional in nature - eventually they will go away.
>>
>>> - IBscan.bat seems wrong at line 44.
>>>   http://www.openfabrics.org/downloads/WinOF/etc/IBscan.bat
>>>         Wrong: IF EXIST %W64%\ndibprov.dll     echo
>>>         %W64%\ndibprov.dll    Correct: IF EXIST %W64%\ibndprov.dll
>>>   echo    %W64%\ibndprov.dll With this modificaiton, we succeed
>>> scanning ibndprov.dll from SYSWOW64 Winof SYSWOW64 files
>>>    C:\Windows\syswow64\ibal.dll
>>>    C:\Windows\syswow64\ibald.dll
>>>    C:\Windows\syswow64\mthcau.dll
>>>    C:\Windows\syswow64\mthcaud.dll
>>>    C:\Windows\syswow64\complib.dll
>>>    C:\Windows\syswow64\complibd.dll
>>>    C:\Windows\syswow64\ibwsd.dll
>>>    C:\Windows\syswow64\ibndprov.dll
>>>
>>> thank you
>>> go
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