mlx5ib4
Mellanox connectx-4 and connectx-4 lx based 100gb, 50gb, 40gb, 25gb and 10gb network adapter driver
Usage
To compile this driver into the kernel, place these lines in your kernel configuration file:
options COMPAT_LINUXKPI device mlx5 device mlx5ib
To load the driver as a module at run-time, run this command as root:
kldload mlx5ib
To load the driver as a module at boot time, place this line in loader.conf(5):
mlx5ib_load="YES"
Overview
The mlx5ib driver provides support for infiniband and Remote DMA over Converged Ethernet, RoCE, for PCI Express network adapters based on ConnectX-4 and ConnectX-4 LX.
For further hardware information and questions related to hardware requirements, see http://www.mellanox.com/.
For more information on configuring this device, see ifconfig(8).
Hardware
The mlx5ib driver supports 100Gb, 50Gb, 40Gb, 25Gb and 10Gb network adapters. ConnectX-4 supports: 10/20/25/40/50/56/100Gb/s speeds. ConnectX-4 LX supports: 10/25/40/50Gb/s speeds (and reduced power consumption):
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Mellanox MCX455A-ECAT
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Mellanox MCX456A-ECAT
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Mellanox MCX415A-CCAT
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Mellanox MCX416A-CCAT
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Mellanox MCX455A-FCAT
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Mellanox MCX456A-FCAT
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Mellanox MCX415A-BCAT
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Mellanox MCX416A-BCAT
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Mellanox MCX4131A-GCAT
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Mellanox MCX4131A-BCAT
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Mellanox MCX4121A-ACAT
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Mellanox MCX4111A-ACAT
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Mellanox MCX4121A-XCAT
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Mellanox MCX4111A-XCAT
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 with a supported adapter, email all the specific information related to the issue to ⟨[email protected]⟩.
Releases
22 releases since FreeBSD 11.3-RELEASE; the text changed 9 times.