I'm trying to get an older Infiniband/10G-Ethernet card working on my Unraid box.

 

My only driver options for Mellanox's MHGH28-XTC card are;

 

Ubuntu

SLES

Redhat/Centos

OL

Fedora

Debian

 

Unraid is slackware based...

 

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I don't think you can install a driver yourself. Have you tried the card to see if unRAID already supports it?

I can access the console. If i can do that I can do anything.

 

 

I can access the console. If i can do that I can do anything.

 

How good are you at recompiling kernels and installing slackware packages though?  Because afaik you'd need to get the driver from source, compile it and then bake it into the bzroot and bzimage files each time you upgrade, like  I do with the Unraid DVB stuff.

 

If you're comfy with Linux, all well and good, if you're not, then from my experience as a Linux noob it was a world of pain for me to learn.

I can access the console. If i can do that I can do anything.

 

How good are you at recompiling kernels and installing slackware packages though?  Because afaik you'd need to get the driver from source, compile it and then bake it into the bzroot and bzimage files each time you upgrade, like  I do with the Unraid DVB stuff.

 

If you're comfy with Linux, all well and good, if you're not, then from my experience as a Linux noob it was a world of pain for me to learn.

 

yes and no. I see your point, and you're absolutely right. This is way the hell out of my comfort zone. I haven't done any serious linux shit beyond spinning up and handing off dev environments in years.... that being said, I have a buddy who's a sr linux guy and could do this but i want to know if it's even possible before I ask him to connect and handoff ssh creds.

 

I emailed Mellanox asking about a generic driver, or something open that could be rebuilt and we'll see what happens. 10gig ethernet is still expensive here, and a pair of these mellanox cards were given to me for free...

 

 

Easiest option is to email Lime Technology support, and request support for the card!    They usually add it in an upcoming release.