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| author | RageLtMan <sempervictus@users.noreply.github.com> | 2024-09-03 12:47:50 -0400 |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2024-09-03 18:47:50 +0200 |
| commit | e3e105c0167b23c59cac7331b59860c51317748a (patch) | |
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T6231: Add documentation for building Mellanox OFED drivers (#1488)
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diff --git a/docs/contributing/build-vyos.rst b/docs/contributing/build-vyos.rst index ea0a4765..93b492ae 100644 --- a/docs/contributing/build-vyos.rst +++ b/docs/contributing/build-vyos.rst @@ -741,6 +741,38 @@ binaries in ``vyos-build/packages/linux-kernel`` from which you can copy them to the ``vyos-build/packages`` folder for inclusion during the ISO build. +Mellanox OFED +^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +The Mellanox OFED drivers do not come from a Git repository, instead we fetch the +tarball from Nvidia and compile the sources its contains against our kernel tree. + +Simply use our wrapper script to build all of the driver modules. + +.. code-block:: none + + ./build-mellanox-ofed.sh + ... + Below is the list of OFED packages that you have chosen + (some may have been added by the installer due to package dependencies): + + ofed-scripts + mlnx-tools + mlnx-ofed-kernel-utils + mlnx-ofed-kernel-modules + ... + Building packages + Building DEB for ofed-scripts-24.04.OFED.24.04.0.6.6 (ofed-scripts)... + Running /usr/bin/dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc + Installing ofed-scripts-24.04.OFED.24.04.0.6.6... + Running /usr/bin/dpkg -i --force-confmiss '/vyos/packages/linux-kernel/MLNX_OFED_SRC-debian-24.04-0.6.6.0/DEBS/debian12.1/x86_64/ofed-scripts_24.04.OFED.24.04.0.6.6-1_amd64.deb' + Building DEB for mlnx-tools-24.04.0 (mlnx-tools)... + + +After compiling the packages you will find yourself the newly generated `*.deb` +binaries in ``vyos-build/packages/linux-kernel`` from which you can copy them +to the ``vyos-build/packages`` folder for inclusion during the ISO build. + Packages ======== |