Openibd Script; Driver Load Upon System Boot - Mellanox Technologies ConnectX-5 User Manual

The path to the directory containing the log files will be displayed after running the installation
script in the following format:
Example:
Logs dir: /tmp/MLNX_OFED_LINUX-x.x-x.logs

4.1.3.5 openibd Script

As of MLNX_OFED v2.2-1.0.0 the
This can be controlled by setting the variables below in the
file.
OPENIBD_PRE_START
OPENIBD_POST_START
OPENIBD_PRE_STOP
OPENIBD_POST_STOP
Example:
OPENIBD_POST_START=/sbin/openibd_post_start.sh

4.1.3.6 Driver Load Upon System Boot

Upon system boot, the Mellanox drivers will be loaded automatically.
 To prevent automatic load of the Mellanox drivers upon system boot:
Add the following lines to the
Step 1.
Set
Step 2.
If the modules exist in the initramfs file, they can automatically be loaded by the kernel.
Step 3.
To prevent this behavior, update the initramfs using the operating systems' standard tools.
Note: The process of updating the initramfs will add the blacklists from step 1, and will pre-
vent the kernel from loading the modules automatically.
Rev 1.5
"Logs dir: /tmp/MLNX_OFED_LINUX-<version>.<PID>.logs"
openibd
An example of OPENIBD_POST_START script for activating all interfaces is provided in
the MLNX_OFED package under the docs/scripts/openibd-post-start-configure-inter-
faces/ folder.
blacklist mlx4_core
blacklist mlx4_en
blacklist mlx5_core
blacklist mlx5_ib
in the
"ONBOOT=no" "/etc/infiniband/openib.conf"
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script supports pre/post start/stop scripts:
/etc/infiniband/openibd.conf
"/etc/modprobe.d/mlnx.conf"
Driver Installation
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file.
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