From 05905cf2405b04b42f67b2998a36b3a12ee1ecbd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: gsell Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2018 11:27:11 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 1/4] README.md added --- System/mxm/README.md | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+) create mode 100644 System/mxm/README.md diff --git a/System/mxm/README.md b/System/mxm/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c651af1 --- /dev/null +++ b/System/mxm/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +# The Mellanox MXM communication library + +## Overview + +The Mellanox MXM communication library provides support for the Mellanox MXM interface for InfiniBand. + +## Installation + +For the module we use a RPM distributed by HP. + +1. Create new directory `/opt/psi/System/mxm/VERSION_merlin` +1. Download RPM from https://downloads.linux.hpe.com/sdr/repo/mlnx_ofed/RedHatEnterpriseServer/ +1. Unpack RPM with `rpm2cpio RPM | cpio -i --make-dirs` somewhere +1. copy all files from `opt/mellanox/mxm` to the module directory +1. adapt directories in `lib/pkg-config/mxm.pc` +1. add new variant to `files/variants` +1. run the build-script to install the modulefile and to set the release \ No newline at end of file From 5a719bc9f54a816798e000e1477f45947dd86950 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: gsell Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2018 11:37:39 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 2/4] Update README.md --- System/mxm/README.md | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/System/mxm/README.md b/System/mxm/README.md index c651af1..e61dfe4 100644 --- a/System/mxm/README.md +++ b/System/mxm/README.md @@ -14,4 +14,8 @@ For the module we use a RPM distributed by HP. 1. copy all files from `opt/mellanox/mxm` to the module directory 1. adapt directories in `lib/pkg-config/mxm.pc` 1. add new variant to `files/variants` -1. run the build-script to install the modulefile and to set the release \ No newline at end of file +1. run the build-script to install the modulefile and to set the release + + +> The shared library `libmxm.so`provided by the RPMs for RHEL 6 cannot be used to compile other software. +They requiry GLIBC >= 2.14, but on RHEL 6 only 2.12 is installed! \ No newline at end of file From c7d5e0de97f04535d87c13ccd97ca7459c7ba8f1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: gsell Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2018 14:03:41 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 3/4] Update README.md --- System/mxm/README.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/System/mxm/README.md b/System/mxm/README.md index e61dfe4..6be3d06 100644 --- a/System/mxm/README.md +++ b/System/mxm/README.md @@ -17,5 +17,5 @@ For the module we use a RPM distributed by HP. 1. run the build-script to install the modulefile and to set the release -> The shared library `libmxm.so`provided by the RPMs for RHEL 6 cannot be used to compile other software. +> *Note: *The shared library `libmxm.so`provided by the RPMs for RHEL 6 cannot be used to compile other software. They requiry GLIBC >= 2.14, but on RHEL 6 only 2.12 is installed! \ No newline at end of file From 8f5529a7445a782d6ecbea919cd60801370c532f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: gsell Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2018 14:04:52 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 4/4] Update README.md --- System/mxm/README.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/System/mxm/README.md b/System/mxm/README.md index 6be3d06..77355fb 100644 --- a/System/mxm/README.md +++ b/System/mxm/README.md @@ -17,5 +17,5 @@ For the module we use a RPM distributed by HP. 1. run the build-script to install the modulefile and to set the release -> *Note: *The shared library `libmxm.so`provided by the RPMs for RHEL 6 cannot be used to compile other software. +> **Note:** The shared library `libmxm.so`provided by the RPMs for RHEL 6 cannot be used to compile other software. They requiry GLIBC >= 2.14, but on RHEL 6 only 2.12 is installed! \ No newline at end of file