> Probably the simplest thing to do would be just to reconfigure your > Xen dom0 kernel and rebuild it with the modules you need if it doesn't > have IB enabled.
I just looked at my Xen hg tree checkout, and I see that Xen builds IB drivers for its kernel too. Does the Ubuntu Xen kernel really turn off the IB modules? Hmm, no it does include them. I just checked: $ dpkg -L xen-image-xen0-2.6.16-11.2-generic|grep infiniband /lib/modules/2.6.16-11.2-generic/kernel/drivers/infiniband /lib/modules/2.6.16-11.2-generic/kernel/drivers/infiniband/core /lib/modules/2.6.16-11.2-generic/kernel/drivers/infiniband/core/ib_cm.ko /lib/modules/2.6.16-11.2-generic/kernel/drivers/infiniband/core/ib_core.ko /lib/modules/2.6.16-11.2-generic/kernel/drivers/infiniband/core/ib_mad.ko /lib/modules/2.6.16-11.2-generic/kernel/drivers/infiniband/core/ib_sa.ko /lib/modules/2.6.16-11.2-generic/kernel/drivers/infiniband/core/ib_ucm.ko /lib/modules/2.6.16-11.2-generic/kernel/drivers/infiniband/core/ib_umad.ko /lib/modules/2.6.16-11.2-generic/kernel/drivers/infiniband/core/ib_uverbs.ko /lib/modules/2.6.16-11.2-generic/kernel/drivers/infiniband/hw /lib/modules/2.6.16-11.2-generic/kernel/drivers/infiniband/hw/mthca /lib/modules/2.6.16-11.2-generic/kernel/drivers/infiniband/hw/mthca/ib_mthca.ko /lib/modules/2.6.16-11.2-generic/kernel/drivers/infiniband/ulp /lib/modules/2.6.16-11.2-generic/kernel/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib /lib/modules/2.6.16-11.2-generic/kernel/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ib_ipoib.ko /lib/modules/2.6.16-11.2-generic/kernel/drivers/infiniband/ulp/srp /lib/modules/2.6.16-11.2-generic/kernel/drivers/infiniband/ulp/srp/ib_srp.ko So I would recommend just using what Ubuntu packaged for you, no need to mess around with the OFED kernel module build. BTW, any reason not to use Ubuntu's 2.6.17 Xen kernel? I honestly don't know much about Ubuntu's Xen support so maybe the 2.6.16 kernel really is better. - R. _______________________________________________ openib-general mailing list [email protected] http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general To unsubscribe, please visit http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general
