Mellanox Linux Driver Source code for Mellanox ConnectX-3, ConnectX-3 Pro, ConnectX-4 Lx, ConnectX-4, ConnectX-5 and ConnectX-6 Ethernet adapters.
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Linux Source code packages for Mellanox ConnectX-3 , ConnectX-4, ConnectX-5 and ConnectX-6 Ethernet adapters, supporting RHEL7.7, RHEL7.8, RHEL8.1, RHEL8.2, SELES12 SP3
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Fixes & Enhancements
Fixes: - Fixed the issue where after a packet drop, the Rx page was not replenished. In certain rare scenarios, the same page fragment was mistakenly assigned to two different Rx descriptors for Write, causing this issue. - Fixed the issue where ibsim was missing after OFED installation. - Fixed an issue where ucx-kmem was missing after OFED installation. - Fixed a dependency issue between systemd and RDMA-Core. - Fixed a driver load issue with Errata-kernel on SLES15 SP1. - Fixed an issue in the Hairpin feature which prevented adding hairpin flows using TC tool. - Fixed the issue where WQ queue flushing was not handled properly in the event of EEH. - Fixed a rare kernel crash scenario when exiting an application that uses RMPP mads intensively. - Fixed the issue where perftest applications (ib_read_*, ib_write_* and others) supplied with MLNX_OFED v5.0 and above did not work correctly if corresponding applications on another side of client-server communication were supplied with previous versions of MLNX_OFED due to an interoperability issue. - Fixed the issue where NEO-Host could not be installed from the MLNX_OFED package when working on Ubuntu and Debian OSs. - Fixed the issue where MLNX_OFED installation failed to upgrade firmware version on ConnectX-6 Dx NICs with secure-fw. - Added support for installing MLNX_OFED using --add-kernel-support option over RHEL 8 OSs. - Fixed a possible kernel crash scenario when AER/slot reset in done in parallel to user space commands execution. - Added missing ECN configuration under sysfs for PFs in SwitchDev mode.
Enhancements: - Kernel Software Managed Flow Steering (SMFS) Performance Improved the performance of Kernel software steering by reducing its memory consumption. - NEO-Host SDK Added support for NEO-Host SDK installation on MLNX_OFED.
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Download 1 - Download the file MLNX_OFED_SRC-5.0-2.1.8.0.tar.gz to a local hard drive or other storage media 2 - Unpack the file with the following command: tar -xvf MLNX_OFED_SRC-5.0-2.1.8.0.tar.gz 3 - Go to the folder where the archive was unpacked with the following command: cd MLNX_OFED_SRC-5.0-2.1.8.0
Installation 1 - To install the selected package, Run the linux shell command with the provided install script: ./install.pl 2 - When option menu appears, select option 2 - Install OFED Software 3 - Then select option 1 - Basic 4 - Follow the instructions on the screen
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