Release Notes
Release Notes Update History
Revision |
Date |
Description |
5.1-2.5.8.0 |
November 10, 2020 |
Initial release of this document version. |
As of MLNX_OFED version v5.1-0.6.6.0, the following are no longer supported.
ConnectX-3
ConnectX-3 Pro
Connect-IB
RDMA experimental verbs libraries (mlnx_lib)
Users who wish to utilize the above devices/libraries are advised to refer to MLNX_OFED 4.9 long-term support (LTS) version.
These are the release notes of MLNX_OFED for Linux Driver, which operates across all Mellanox network adapter solutions supporting the following uplinks to servers:
Uplink/NICs |
Driver Name |
Uplink Speed |
ConnectX®-4 |
mlx5 |
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ConnectX-4 Lx |
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ConnectX-5/ConnectX-5 Ex |
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ConnectX-6 |
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ConnectX-6 Dx |
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ConnectX-6 Lx |
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Innova™ IPsec EN |
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BlueField® |
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BlueField®-2 (beta) |
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56GbE is a Mellanox propriety link speed can be achieved while connecting a Mellanox adapter card to
Mellanox SX10XX switch series, or connecting a Mellanox adapter card to another Mellanox adapter card.Supports both NRZ PAM4 modes.
Package Contents
Package |
Revision |
Licenses |
ar_mgr |
1.0-0.3.MLNX20200824.g8577618.51258 |
Mellanox Confidential and Proprietary |
dapl |
2.1.10.1.mlnx-OFED.51258 |
Dual GPL/BSD/CPL |
dpcp |
1.1.0-1.51258 |
Proprietary |
dump_pr |
1.0-0.3.MLNX20200824.g8577618.51258 |
GPLv2 or BSD |
fabric-collector |
1.1.0.MLNX20170103.89bb2aa-0.1.51258 |
GPLv2 or BSD |
hcoll |
4.6.3125-1.51258 |
Proprietary |
ibdump |
6.0.0-1.51258 |
BSD2+GPL2 |
ibsim |
0.9-1.51258 |
GPLv2 or BSD |
ibutils2 |
2.1.1-0.126.MLNX20200721.gf95236b.51258 |
Mellanox Confidential and Proprietary |
iser |
5.1-OFED.5.1.2.5.3.1 |
GPLv2 |
isert |
5.1-OFED.5.1.2.5.3.1 |
GPLv2 |
kernel-mft |
4.15.1-100 |
Dual BSD/GPL |
knem |
1.1.4.90mlnx1-OFED.5.1.2.5.0.1 |
BSD and GPLv2 |
libpka |
1.0-1.gcc98895.51258 |
BSD |
libvma |
9.1.2-1 |
GPLv2 or BSD |
mlnx-dpdk |
19.11.0-1.51258 |
BSD and LGPLv2 and GPLv2 |
mlnx-en |
5.1-2.5.8.0.g6e51c68 |
GPLv2 |
mlnx-ethtool |
5.4-1.51258 |
GPL |
mlnx-iproute2 |
5.6.0-1.51258 |
GPL |
mlnx-nfsrdma |
5.1-OFED.5.1.2.5.3.1 |
GPLv2 |
mlnx-nvme |
5.1-OFED.5.1.2.5.3.1 |
GPLv2 |
mlnx-ofa_kernel |
5.1-OFED.5.1.2.5.8.1 |
GPLv2 |
mlxbf-bootctl |
2.1-1.51258 |
BSD |
mpi-selector |
1.0.3-1.51258 |
BSD |
mpitests |
3.2.20-5d20b49.51258 |
BSD |
mstflint |
4.14.0-3.51258 |
GPL/BSD |
multiperf |
3.0-0.14.g5f0fd0e.51258 |
BSD 3-Clause, GPL v2 or later |
mxm |
3.7.3112-1.51258 |
Proprietary |
ofed-docs |
5.1-OFED.5.1.2.5.8 |
GPL/BSD |
ofed-scripts |
5.1-OFED.5.1.2.5.8 |
GPL/BSD |
openmpi |
4.0.4rc3-1.51258 |
BSD |
opensm |
5.7.3.MLNX20201102.e56fd90-0.1.51258 |
GPLv2 or BSD |
openvswitch |
2.13.1-1.51258 |
ASL 2.0 and LGPLv2+ and SISSL |
perftest |
4.4-0.30.g9c50960.51258 |
BSD 3-Clause, GPL v2 or later |
rdma-core |
51mlnx1-1.51258 |
GPLv2 or BSD |
rshim |
2.0.5-OFED.5.1.0.6.6 |
GPLv2 |
sharp |
2.2.2.MLNX20201102.b26a0fd-1.51258 |
Proprietary |
sockperf |
3.7-0.gita1e8e835a689.51258 |
BSD |
srp |
5.1-OFED.5.1.2.5.3.1 |
GPLv2 |
ucx |
1.9.0-1.51258 |
BSD |
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