iSER is just an example. It can happen with any OFED component. I suggest to add the following warning to the documentation:

If the user runs an old OFED version, and upgrades to a
new version, the old version is still loaded even after
upgrading. We should warn the user about that.

Signed-off-by: Erez Zilber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
---
 OFED_Installation_Guide.txt |   17 +++++++++++++----
 1 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/OFED_Installation_Guide.txt b/OFED_Installation_Guide.txt
index ccc01d5..12a94da 100644
--- a/OFED_Installation_Guide.txt
+++ b/OFED_Installation_Guide.txt
@@ -16,8 +16,9 @@ Table of contents
  6.  Building OFED RPMs
  7.  IPoIB Configuration
  8.  Uninstalling OFED
- 9.  Configuration
- 10. Related Documentation
+ 9.  Upgrading OFED
+ 10. Configuration
+ 11. Related Documentation


 ==============================================================================
@@ -340,9 +341,17 @@ There are two ways to uninstall OFED:
 2) Using the script uninstall.sh. The script resides under OFED-X.X.X/
    and under the installation <prefix> directory.

+==============================================================================
+9. Upgrading OFED
+==============================================================================
+
+If an old OFED version is installed, it may be upgraded by installing a
+new OFED version as described in section 5. Note that if the old OFED
+version was loaded before upgrading, you need to restart OFED or reboot
+your machine in order to start the new OFED stack.

 ==============================================================================
-9. Configuration
+10. Configuration
 ==============================================================================

 Most of the OFED components can be configured or reconfigured after
@@ -362,7 +371,7 @@ Note: After the installer completes, information about the OFED
       /etc/infiniband/info.

 ==============================================================================
-10. Related Documentation
+11. Related Documentation
 ==============================================================================

 OFED documentation is located in the ofed-docs RPM.  After
--
1.5.2


Tziporet,

Can you add this fix to the documentation?

Thanks,
Erez
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