[ofw] Some doubts on WinOF2.0-rc0 package

Smith, Stan stan.smith at intel.com
Fri Sep 5 08:44:57 PDT 2008


Anatoly Greenblatt wrote:
> Hi Stan,
>
> We have seen these phantom devices on winxp too. It has device id
> "PCI\VEN_15B3". It could happen when setupdi interface forcibly
> creates a device node.

Yes - I believe the issue is understood at this point:
devcon install vs. devcon update.

Fixed in rc1

>
> Gupta, I guess you are running on x64 windows? If yes the message you
> see means that driver is not signed.

Seems that on 2008/Vista signing the .cat file is insufficent.
Fixed in rc1

> Also, the installer will fails when you try to install drivers for
> hardware that is not available.
> Please send the complete setupapi.dev.log in an attachement.
>
> Thanks,
> Anatoly.
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: ofw-bounces at lists.openfabrics.org on behalf of Smith, Stan
> Sent: Thu 9/4/2008 8:02 PM
> To: Deepak Gupta
> Cc: ofw at lists.openfabrics.org
> Subject: RE: [ofw] Some doubts on WinOF2.0-rc0 package
>
>
> Thanks - a few questions below.
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: Deepak Gupta [mailto:deepak at gslab.com]
> Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2008 9:36 AM
> To: Smith, Stan
> Cc: ofw at lists.openfabrics.org
> Subject: Re: [ofw] Some doubts on WinOF2.0-rc0 package
>
>
> Please see in red
>
> Smith, Stan wrote:
>
>
>
> ________________________________
>
>         From: ofw-bounces at lists.openfabrics.org
>         [mailto:ofw-bounces at lists.openfabrics.org] On Behalf Of
>         Deepak Gupta Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2008 3:05 AM To:
>         ofw at lists.openfabrics.org Subject: [ofw] Some doubts on
> WinOF2.0-rc0 package
>
>
>         Hi,
>
>         I have some doubts/queries regarding WinOF2.0-rc0 release.
>         I tried installing it on Win Server 2008 with ConnectX on box
> and have following questions:--
>
>         1) If I select Mellanox InfiniHost package, then installation
>                ends prematurely (It gives error  "mthca not
> installed" and installation ends) Are Mellanox InfiniHost and
> Mellanox ConnectX packages mutually exclusive?
>
>         Yes! Different hardware devices and totally different
> hardware drivers.
>
>
> After I installed packages for ConnectX and other ULPs, I re ran the
> installer and went for "change" option and included Mellanox
> InfiniHost and surprisingly it didn't complain and it got installed.
>
> What were you attempting to accomplish using the 'change' option?
> If you only have ConnectX hardware, then why install mthca hardware
> driver?
> I  would uninstall everything and start over, installing only the
> ConnectX driver.
>
> stan.
>
>
>         2) I am getting 5 devices being created (as shown in device
>                     manager) under following device types (Please see
>             the attached screen shot) InfiniBand Channel Adapters and
>             Mellanox ConnectX Adapters Only one device in each device
> type is working fine while others are not functions properly (giving
> Dev mgr error code 10) Why do we get 5 different device creations of
> each of above device types and why all devices are not working
> properly.
>
>         Server 2008 has some curious install side effects after
> failed installations.  These side effects are not fully understood at
> this point in time. If you would kindly cut-paste the last entries in
> %windir%\inf\setupapi.dev.log which reference mlx4 and/or WinOF this
> would assist in understanding the problems.
>
>
> Following is the log logged in setupapi.dev.log between two boots
>
>>>>  [Device Install (Hardware initiated) -
>>>>  PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_1A38&SUBSYS_978015D9&REV_31\3&18d45aa6&0&40]
>>>> Section start 2008/09/04 21:52:18.953
>      ump: Creating Install Process: DrvInst.exe 21:52:18.984
>      ndv: Retrieving device info...
>      ndv: Setting device parameters...
>      ndv: Building driver list...
>      dvi: {Build Driver List} 21:52:19.328
>      dvi:      Searching for hardware ID(s):
>      dvi:           pci\ven_8086&dev_1a38&subsys_978015d9&rev_31
>      dvi:           pci\ven_8086&dev_1a38&subsys_978015d9
>      dvi:           pci\ven_8086&dev_1a38&cc_088000
>      dvi:           pci\ven_8086&dev_1a38&cc_0880
>      dvi:      Searching for compatible ID(s):
>      dvi:           pci\ven_8086&dev_1a38&rev_31
>      dvi:           pci\ven_8086&dev_1a38
>      dvi:           pci\ven_8086&cc_088000
>      dvi:           pci\ven_8086&cc_0880
>      dvi:           pci\ven_8086
>      dvi:           pci\cc_088000
>      dvi:           pci\cc_0880
>      dvi:      Enumerating INFs from path list 'C:\Windows\INF'
>      inf:      Searched 0 potential matches in published INF directory
>      inf:      Searched 32 INFs in directory: 'C:\Windows\INF'
>      dvi: {Build Driver List - exit(0x00000000)} 21:52:21.031
>      ndv: Selecting best match...
>      dvi: {DIF_SELECTBESTCOMPATDRV} 21:52:21.031
>      dvi:      No class installer for 'Base System Device'
>      dvi:      No CoInstallers found
>      dvi:      Default installer: Enter 21:52:21.156
>      dvi:           {Select Best Driver}
> !    dvi:                Selecting driver failed(0xe0000228)
>      dvi:           {Select Best Driver - exit(0xe0000228)}
> !    dvi:      Default installer: failed!
> !    dvi:      Error 0xe0000228: There are no compatible drivers for
>      this device. dvi: {DIF_SELECTBESTCOMPATDRV - exit(0xe0000228)}
>      21:52:21.156 ndv: {Core Device Install}
>      ndv:      Device install status=0xe0000203
>      ndv:      Performing device install final cleanup...
> !    ndv:      Queueing up error report since device installation
>      failed... ndv: {Core Device Install - exit(0xe0000203)}
>      ump: Server install process exited with code 0xe0000203
> 21:52:21.218 <<<  Section end 2008/09/04 21:52:21.234
> <<<  [Exit status: FAILURE(0xe0000203)]
>
>
>
>
>
>         3) Similarly InfiniBand I/O Unit Device (created under System
> devices type in dev manager) is not working properly (Please see the
> attached screen shot)
>
>         What does the device manager view properties for the IB I/O
> Unit Device have to say about an error code?
>
>
>         Windows cannot load the device driver for this hardware. The
> driver may be corrupted or missing. (Code 39)
>
>
>
>         Cheers
>         Deepak
>
>
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