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Description of problem: RHEL 7.1 and 7.2 are missing infiniband drivers for installation mlx4_ib.ko Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): RHEL 7.1 RHEL 7.2 How reproducible: Every time Steps to Reproduce: 1. Mount RHEL 7.1 or 7.2 boot.iso 2. # lsinitrd isolinux/initrd.img | grep mlx4 Actual results: RHEL 7.2 $ lsinitrd initrd.img | grep mlx4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 493 Jun 24 2015 usr/lib/modprobe.d/libmlx4.conf drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Oct 30 2015 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 465457 Oct 29 2015 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/mlx4_core.ko -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 177665 Oct 29 2015 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-327.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/mlx4_en.ko RHEL 7.1 $ lsinitrd rhel71/isolinux/initrd.img | grep mlx4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 496 Jan 8 2015 usr/lib/modprobe.d/libmlx4.conf drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Feb 19 2015 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-229.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 404585 Jan 29 2015 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-229.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/mlx4_core.ko -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 162409 Jan 29 2015 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-229.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/mlx4_en.ko Expected results: Expect to see this file and directory present as well. drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Aug 17 05:18 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-493.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 259809 Aug 16 12:15 usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-493.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/mlx4_ib.ko Additional info: This modules is present in RHEL 7.0 and RHEL 7.3 Mellanox has the drivers avialable on their site, but in tgz format. Can we make a driver disk? http://www.mellanox.com/page/products_dyn?product_family=27&mtag=linux_driver
(In reply to jcastran from comment #0) > > Mellanox has the drivers avialable on their site, but in tgz format. Can we > make a driver disk? > http://www.mellanox.com/page/products_dyn?product_family=27&mtag=linux_driver Yes, you should be able to make a driver disk. I'm not sure why this is in 7.0 and 7.3, but not 7.1 and 7.2. We can't recreate installation media for a release though, so a driver disk is the best option.