About Installation

1. Installing ve-infiniband group fails with following messages.
   
   Error: Package: ve-memory-mapping-X.X.X-X.el7.x86_64 (TSUBASA-repo)
    Requires: ve_peermem
   
   Or
   
   Error:
    Problem: package ve-memory-mapping-X.X.X-X.el8.x86_64 requires ve_peermem, but none of the providers can be installed
     - package kmod-ve_peermem-mofedX.X-X.X.X-X.el8.x86_64 is filtered out by exclude filtering
   


2. Installing ve-infiniband group fails with following messages.
   
   Error: Package: kmod-ve_peermem-mofedX.X-X.X.X-X.el7.x86_64 (TSUBASA-repo)
    Requires: ksym(ib_register_peer_memory_client) = 0xXXXXXXXX
   
   Or
   
   Error:
    Problem 1: conflicting requests
     - nothing provides ksym(ib_register_peer_memory_client) = 0xXXXXXXXX needed by kmod-ve_peermem-mofedX.X-X.X.X-X.el8.x86_64
   


3. Installing ve-infiniband group fails with following messages.
   
   Error: Package: kmod-ve_peermem-mofedX.X-X.X.X-X.el7.x86_64 (TSUBASA-repo)
    Requires: kernel(XXXXXXXXXXXX) = 0xXXXXXXXX
   
   Or
   
   Error:
    Problem 1: conflicting requests
     - nothing provides kernel(XXXXXXXXXXXX) = 0xXXXXXXXX needed by kmod-ve_peermem-mofedX.X-X.X.X-X.el8.x86_64
   


4. While installing following message is displayed.
   
   depmod: WARNING: /lib/modules/kernel-version/extra/ve_peermem/ve_peermem.ko needs unknown symbol ib_register_peer_memory_client

About NEC MPI

1. Executing NEC MPI fails with following messages.
   
   [0] MPID_OFED_Open_hca: open device failed ib_dev 0xXXXXXXXXXXXX name mlx5_X
   [0] Error in Infiniband/OFED initialization. Execution aborts
   

About Installation

1. Please check exclude option in /etc/yum.conf and /etc/dnf/dnf.conf.
   If kmod-* is specified, please remove it.
   


2. The followings are the possibilities:
   - MLNX_OFED was installed before updating the kernel, or
   - MLNX_OFED was installed with --add-kernel-support option, but --kmp option was not specified.
   Please re-install MLNX_OFED.
   Please refer to "2.3 Installation of MLNX_OFED (Optional)" in "SX-Aurora TSUBASA Installation Guide".
   


3. The kernel in use may not be supported by SX-Aurora TSUBASA.
   Please refer to the following and use the kernel which is supported by SX-Aurora TSUBASA.
   [SX-Aurora TSUBASA]Verified Linux kernel
   


4. This message may be displayed when multiple kernels are installed.
   Please ignore the message if the displayed kernel version is not matched to the kernel in use.
   

About NEC MPI

1. There is a possibility that MLNX_OFED and ve-infiniband are not re-installed after updating the kernel.
   Re-installing MLNX_OFED and ve-infiniband is mandatory after updating the kernel.
   Please retry "Chapter5 Update" in "SX-Aurora TSUBASA Installation Guide".
   

Update History

2023/09/28 Update links
           Update Mellanox OFED to MLNX_OFED
2021/09/30 New Release