The following are the new features and changes that were added in this version. The supported adapter cards are specified as follows:
| Supported Cards | Description |
| All HCAs | Supported in the following adapter cards unless specifically stated otherwise: ConnectX-4 / ConnectX -4 Lx / ConnectX-5 / ConnectX-6 / ConnectX-6 Dx / ConnectX-6 Lx / ConnectX-7 / BlueField-2 |
| ConnectX-6 Dx and above | Supported in the following adapter cards unless specifically stated otherwise: ConnectX-6 Dx / ConnectX-6 Lx / ConnectX-7 / BlueField-2 |
| ConnectX-6 and above | Supported in the following adapter cards unless specifically stated otherwise: ConnectX-6 / ConnectX-6 Dx / ConnectX-6 Lx / ConnectX-7 / BlueField-2 |
| ConnectX-5 and above | Supported in the following adapter cards unless specifically stated otherwise: ConnectX-5 / ConnectX-6 / ConnectX-6 Dx / ConnectX-6 Lx / ConnectX-7 / BlueField-2 |
| ConnectX-4 and above | Supported in the following adapter cards unless specifically stated otherwise: ConnectX-4 / ConnectX -4 Lx / ConnectX-5 / ConnectX-6 / ConnectX-6 Dx / ConnectX-6 Lx / ConnectX-7 / BlueField-2 |
| Feature/Change | Description |
| 5.6-2.0.9.0 | |
| Operating Systems | Added support for the following Operating Systems: RHEL8.6, RHEL9.0, SLES15-SP4. |
| General | |
For additional information on the new features, please refer to MLNX_OFED User Manual.
There are no customer affecting changes in this version.
MLNX_OFED Verbs API Migration
As of MLNX_OFED v5.0 release (Q1 of the year 2020), MLNX_OFED Verbs API have migrated from the legacy version of user space verbs libraries (libibervs, libmlx5, etc.) to the Upstream version rdma-core.
For the list of MLNX_OFED verbs APIs that have been migrated, refer to Migration to RDMA-Core document.