Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2013 20:38:07 -0700 From: Anthony Cornehl <accornehl@gmail.com> To: Jason bacon <jwbacon@tds.net> Cc: freebsd-infiniband@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Supported NICs Message-ID: <CAAoDvRwaDT6d8goNpvSp4jVYcSm4cZZLLqa2gCxn8EjSiLFHpA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAAoDvRxtKZ4AH5MTC5xi9TrXgcFr7MWGpJ3ODa-Vz0WCANkC_A@mail.gmail.com> References: <52361685.8000901@tds.net> <CAAoDvRxtKZ4AH5MTC5xi9TrXgcFr7MWGpJ3ODa-Vz0WCANkC_A@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sep 15, 2013 8:17 PM, "Anthony Cornehl" <accornehl@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Sep 15, 2013 1:20 PM, "Jason bacon" <jwbacon@tds.net> wrote: > > > > > > Is there a list of supported IB NICs out there somewhere? > > > > I followed the wiki instructions for rebuilding with IB support and now have mlx4ib, mlxen, etc. > > > > Was hoping there would be man pages for the drivers that list known working cards, but there don't seem to be. I'm hoping to test a file server using IPOIB and possible roll a FreeNAS ISO with IB support if it works out. > > > > Thanks, > > > > -- > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Jason W. Bacon > > jwbacon@tds.net > > > > Circumstances don't make a man: > > They reveal him. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-infiniband@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-infiniband > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " freebsd-infiniband-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > Hey Jason, > > Mellanox ConnectX series cards are the only ones supported currently... > > http://www.mellanox.com/page/infiniband_cards_overview > > Don't forget to compile with IPoIB as well, since the IPoIB support is compiled into the driver, unlike in Linux. > > Just be aware that IPoIB performance is also improved by enabling connected mode when you compile the kernel module. The IB code in FreeBSD is a few years older the what is in Linux, but, the following forum thread is probably relevant... > > http://forums.servethehome.com/networking/1554-infiniband-ipoib-performance-problems.html > > Cheers! It also appears that Jeff fixed SDP a few weeks ago, which is more capable of reaching line-speed for IB-connected devices. http://pkg-ofed.alioth.debian.org/howto/infiniband-howto-7.html Cheers!
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