On Wed, 27 Mar 2019 12:06:22 -0400
"Thomas F Herbert" <[email protected]> wrote:

> +Artem
> 
> +vpp-dev
> 
> 
> On 03/27/2019 11:22 AM, Sirshak Das wrote:
> >
> > Hi Thomas
> >
> > Is this the patch under consideration ?
> >
> > https://gerrit.fd.io/r/#/c/18521/
> >
> > So will this make mlx4/5 dpdk compilation default ?
> >
> > What about MOFED dependencies (Kernel Modules and all userspace verb 
> > libraries) ?
> >  
> With regard to CentOS, necessary kmods are loaded when rdma-core rpm is 
> loaded,
> >
> > I heard its all now Upstreamed in Kernel but that’s post 4.20, so how 
> > would that work for distros with kernel version lower and MOFED 
> > uninstalled (ubuntu 18.04).
> >  
> I don't know the solution for Ubuntu 1604.  There is no OFED required 
> for CentOS7.6.
> 
> CentOS7.6:
> 
> This is the good news  resolved for CentOS 7.6 and I have verified for 
> 19.01 with patch above  on CNCF packet.net infrastructure.
> 
> Ubuntu1604:
> 
> For Ubuntu, 1604 there is still have a problem:
> 
> https://jenkins.fd.io/job/vpp-verify-master-ubuntu1604/18353/console
> ...
> 
> *21:27:39* 
> /w/workspace/vpp-verify-master-ubuntu1604/build/external/deb/_build/dpdk-19.02/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_mr.h:19:31:
>  fatal error: infiniband/mlx5dv.h: No such file or directory
> *21:27:39* compilation terminated.
> 
> Artem's patch, https://gerrit.fd.io/r/#/c/18199/
> Also fails for Ubuntu1604
> 
> Ubuntu1804:
> 
> Seems to be buiding:
> https://jenkins.fd.io/job/vpp-beta-verify-master-ubuntu1804/6150/


In DPDK 18.05 or later, the Mellanox code changed from requiring out of tree
OFED drivers;  to using upstream kernel drivers. Since VPP use 18.11
or 19.02 there is no need for OFED.  Distributions have their own timeline.
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