mlx4ib4
Mellanox connectx-3 10gbe/40gbe network adapter driver
Usage
To compile this driver into the kernel, place these lines in your kernel configuration file:
options COMPAT_LINUXKPI device mlx4 device mlx4ib
To load the driver as a module at run-time, run this command as root:
kldload mlx4ib
To load the driver as a module at boot time, place this line in loader.conf(5):
mlx4ib_load="YES"
Overview
Mellanox ConnectX adapter cards with Virtual Protocol Interconnect (VPI) provide the highest performing and most flexible interconnect solution for Enterprise Data Centers, High-Performance Computing, and Embedded environments. Clustered data bases, parallelized applications, transactional services and high-performance embedded I/O applications will achieve significant performance improvements resulting in reduced completion time and lower cost per operation.
Hardware
The mlx4ib driver supports the following network adapters:
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Mellanox ConnectX-2 (IB)
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Mellanox ConnectX-3 (IB)
Support
For general information and support, go to the Mellanox support website at: http://www.mellanox.com/.
If an issue is identified with this driver and a supported network adapter, please email the specific information to ⟨[email protected]⟩.
Releases
22 releases since FreeBSD 11.3-RELEASE; the text changed 9 times.