using ConnectX card as Ethernet (mlxen)

[Eggert, Lars]

Last follow-up: I just saw that there are some additional messages (errors?) on the serial console when changing the device from IB to Ethernet, maybe they mean something to someone:

root at one:~ # sysctl sys.device.mlx4_core0.mlx4_port1=eth
sys.device.mlx4_core0.mlx4_port1: auto (ib)<7>ib0: stopping interface
<7>ib0: downing ib_dev
<7>ib0: stopping multicast thread
<7>ib0: flushing multicast list
<7>"qpn 0x48: invalid attribute mask specified " "for transition 0 to 6. 
qp_type 4," " attr_mask 0x1\n"<4>ib0: Failed to modify QP to ERROR state
<7>ib0: All sends and receives done.
<7>ib0: cleaning up ib_dev
<7>ib0: stopping multicast thread
<7>ib0: flushing multicast list
<7>ib0: Cleanup ipoib connected mode.
<7>ib1: stopping interface
<7>ib1: downing ib_dev
<7>ib1: stopping multicast thread
<7>ib1: flushing multicast list
<7>"qpn 0x49: invalid attribute mask specified " "for transition 0 to 6. 
qp_type 4," " attr_mask 0x1\n"<4>ib1: Failed to modify QP to ERROR state
<7>ib1: All sends and receives done.
<7>ib1: cleaning up ib_dev
<7>ib1: stopping multicast thread
<7>ib1: flushing multicast list
<7>ib1: Cleanup ipoib connected mode.
<6>mlx4_en mlx4_core0: Using 5 tx rings for port:1
<6>mlx4_en mlx4_core0: Defaulting to 4 rx rings for port:1
<6>mlx4_en mlx4_core0: Activating port:1
mlxen0: Ethernet address: f4:52:14:10:d1:21
<4>mlx4_en: mlx4_core0: Port 1: Using 5 TX rings
<4>mlx4_en: mlx4_core0: Port 1: Using 4 RX rings
<6>mlx4_ib: Mellanox ConnectX InfiniBand driver v1.Jan 21 09:21:31 0 
(April 4, 2008)
one kernel: mlx4_en: mlx4_core0: Port 1: Using 5 TX rings
Jan <7>ib4: max_srq_sge=31
21 09:21:31 one <7>ib4: max_cm_mtu = 0x10000, num_frags=16
kernel: mlx4_en:ib4:  mlx4_core0: PorAttached to mlx4_0 port 2
t 1: Using 4 RX rings
 -> eth

Lars
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