Driver Load Upon System Boot - Nvidia ConnectX-6 User Manual

Logs dir: /tmp/MLNX_OFED_LINUX-4.4-1.0.0.0.IBMM2150110033.logs

Driver Load Upon System Boot

Upon system boot, the NVIDIA drivers will be loaded automatically.
To prevent the automatic load of the NVIDIA drivers upon system boot:
1. Add the following lines to the "/etc/modprobe.d/mlnx.conf" file.
blacklist mlx5_core
blacklist mlx5_ib
2. Set "ONBOOT=no" in the "/etc/infiniband/openib.conf" file.
3. If the modules exist in the initramfs file, they can automatically be loaded by the kernel. 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 prevent the kernel from loading the modules automatically.
mlnxofedinstall Return Codes
The table below lists the mlnxofedinstall script return codes and their meanings.
Return Code
0 The Installation ended successfully
1 The installation failed
2 No firmware was found for the adapter device
22 Invalid parameter
Meaning
48