Discussion in IRC at [1], with the following pulled from the "Mellanox OFED Stack for Linux User's Manual" [2]: | mlx4_core | Handles low-level functions like device initialization and firmware | commands processing. Also controls resource allocation so th at the | InfiniBand and Ethernet functions can share the device without | interfering with each other.
So, it would appear that the modules should load correctly together, and the easiest solution is then to just load both, possibly through a udev rule. Basically, just if mlx4_core is loaded, load the _en and _ib. -- [1] http://irclogs.ubuntu.com/2013/02/05/%23ubuntu-devel.html#t17:39 [2] http://ibicluster.uchicago.edu/roll-documentation/mlnxUserGuides/Mellanox_OFED_Linux_user_manual.pdf -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1115710 Title: Mellanox mlx4_en network driver is not automatically loaded To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/maas/+bug/1115710/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
