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Mellanox Firmware Tools (MFT)Release Notes
Rev 4.6.0
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3List of Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Chapter 1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
1.1 Package Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.2 Software Dependencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81.3 Supported Operating Systems and Platforms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101.4 Supported Flash Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121.5 Supported Mellanox ICs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Chapter 2 Changes and New Features in Rev 4.6.0. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Chapter 3 Known Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Chapter 4 Bug Fixes History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23Chapter 5 History of Changes and New Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
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List of Tables
Table 1: Release Update History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Table 2: Mellanox Firmware Tools (MFT) Available Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Table 3: MFT Software Dependencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Table 4: Supported Operating Systems and Platforms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Table 5: Supported Flash Types. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Table 6: Mellanox IC Devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Table 7: Changes and New Features in Rev 4.6.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Table 8: Known Issues and Limitations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Table 9: Bug Fixes History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23Table 10: History of Changes and New Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
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Release Update HistoryTable 1 - Release Update History
Release Date Description
Rev 4.6.0 February 2, 2017 Initial release of this MFT version
Rev 4.6.06 Mellanox Technologies
1 OverviewThese are the release notes for Rev 4.6.0 of the Mellanox Firmware Tools (MFT).
This release supports the following operating systems: Linux, Windows, VMware ESXi and FreeBSD. Please see the supported platform table for further details.
The tools functionality is identical in all operating systems unless otherwise noted.
1.1 Package ToolsThe following is a list of the available tools in the package, together with a brief description of each tool. The tools apply to single switch systems or adapter cards. The MFT tools do not pro-vide cluster wide functionality.Table 2 - Mellanox Firmware Tools (MFT) Available Tools (Sheet 1 of 3)
Category Tool DescriptionOperating
System
MST Service mst • Lists the available mst devices• Start/stop the register access driver for Linux and
VMware ESXi OSs.
All
Firmware Update and Configuration
mlxburn This tool provides the following functions:• Generating a standard or customized Mellanox
firmware image for burning in .bin format• Burning an image to the Flash attached to a Mella-
nox HCA or switch device• Querying the firmware version loaded on a Mella-
nox device.• Displaying the Vital Product Data (VPD) of a Mel-
lanox network adapter
All
flint This tool burns a firmware binary image or an expan-sion ROM image to the Flash of a Mellanox network adapter/switch device. It includes query functions to the burnt firmware image and to the binary image file.
All
mlxconfig Allows the user to change some of the device configu-rations without having to create and burn a new firm-ware.
All
Overview
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Firmware Update and Configuration
mlxfwman-ager
The mlxfwmanager is a Mellanox firmware update and query utility. It provides a simple 'single click' firm-ware update functionality.Note: The same tool with embedded firmware binaries is released separately and is named mlxup.
All
mlxphyburn A tool for burning externally managed PHY Linux
mlx_fpga A tool for burning and debugging Mellanox devices with FPGA. It allows the user to burn their own hard-ware code on an FPGA integrated with Mellanox HCA board. It also provides the user with read/write registers in the QDR memory of the FPGA.
Linux
cpld_update A tool for programing on board CPLDs for Mellanox devices for the OEM packages only.
Linux
Debug and Diagnostics Utilities
itrace Extracts and prints trace messages generated by the firmware of a ConnectX-3 adapter cards.
All
fwtrace Extracts and prints trace messages generated by the firmware of 5th generation devices
LinuxWindowsFreeBSD
mlxtrace Dumps trace messages generated by the device hard-ware.
All
mlxdump Dumps device internal configuration registers. The dump file can be used by Mellanox Support for hard-ware troubleshooting.
All
mlxmcg Displays the current multicast groups and flow steering rules configured in the device. Target users: Developers of Flow Steering aware appli-cations.
All
wqdump Dumps the current QP contexts and Work Queues of ConnectX® family network adapter cards and Con-nect-IB™ adapter cards.
All
i2c Generates an i2c transaction using an mtusb usb to i2c adapter or using the device internal i2c compatible master
All
mlxi2c Scans the i2c busRoutes the i2c bus of an externally managed Infinisca-leIV/SwitchX system to connect to the switch silicon.
All
mget_temp Reads the hardware temperature from Mellanox Tech-nologies devices internal sensors and prints the reading in Celsius degrees.
All
pckt_drop Corrupts the next transmitted packet from the Con-nectX® family network adapter cards and Connect-IB™ adapter cards.
All
Table 2 - Mellanox Firmware Tools (MFT) Available Tools (Sheet 2 of 3)
Category Tool DescriptionOperating
System
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Detailed installation instructions along with complete descriptions of the various tools in the package can be found in the Mellanox Firmware Tools User’s Manual.
1.2 Software Dependencies
Debug and Diagnostics Utilities
mlxuptime Prints Mellanox devices' up time and measured/config-ured core clock frequency (at Beta level)
All
mlxfwreset Load Firmware after firmware update on ISFU capable devices.(5th generation devices)
LinuxWindowsFreeBSD
mlxmdio Used to read/write MDIO registers (Clause 45) on boards with externally managed PHY
All
mlxreg This tool exposes supported access registers, and allows users to obtain information regarding the regis-ters fields and attributes, and to set and get data with specific register.
All
mstregdump Dumps device internal configuration data. All
mcra Reads/writes a single word from/to a device configura-tion register space
All
mlxcables This tool reads/writes Mellanox cable registers and queries the cables info
Linux Win-dows FreeBSD
mlxvpd Reads PCI device VPD LinuxWindowsVMware ESXi
Table 3 - MFT Software Dependencies
Software Package Required Version
Linux
Kernel sources Machine’s kernel version
OFED / MLNX_OFED 1, 2 1.5.0 or higher
Perl 5.6 or later
Python3 2.6 and above
lsusb4
rpmbuild
xz5
Windows
Mellanox WinOF VPI6 3.0.0 and later
Table 2 - Mellanox Firmware Tools (MFT) Available Tools (Sheet 3 of 3)
Category Tool DescriptionOperating
System
Overview
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VMware ESXi
Python 2.6 and above
1. OFED can be downloaded from http://www.openfabrics.org. Note that installing OFED is not required if you wish to install MFT without In-Band capabilities.
2. For the ‘mst ib add’ command to run, one of the OFED packages “ibutils” or “ibutils2” or “infiniband-diags” should be installed and available in the PATH. (For details on OFED installation, visit http://www.mella-nox.com and under OFED.)
3. Required for the mlxmcg tool only.4. Required for the mtusb device usage.5. For creating UPMF (update package for Mellanox firmware)6. WinOF is required only for In-Band access. The package can be downloaded from www.mellanox.com >
Products > Software >InfiniBand /VPI Drivers >Windows SW Drivers.
Table 3 - MFT Software Dependencies
Software Package Required Version
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1.3 Supported Operating Systems and PlatformsMFT is supported on the following platforms:.Table 4 - Supported Operating Systems and Platforms
OS Arch
Windows 7 x86_64
Windows 8.1 x86_64
Windows 10 x86_64
Windows Server 2008 R2 x86_64
Windows Server 2012 x86_64
Windows Server 2012 R2 x86_64
Windows Server 2016 x86_64
WinPE 3.0 x86/x86_64
WinPE 4.0 x86/x86_64
WinPE 5.0 x86/x86_64
WinPE 5.1 x86/x86_64
VMware ESXi 5.5 Native x86_64
VMware ESXi 5.5 VMK Linux x86_64
VMware ESXi 6.0 Native x86_64
VMware ESXi 6.0 VMK Linux x86_64
VMware ESXi 6.5 Native x86_64
FreeBSD 9.1-RELEASE amd64
FreeBSD 11.0-RELEASE amd64
FreeBSD 10.3-STABLE amd64
FreeBSD 12-CURRENT amd64
RHEL6.2 x86_64
RHEL6.3 x86_64
RHEL6.5 x86_64
RHEL6.6 x86_64
RHEL6.6 PPC64
RHEL6.7 x86_64/ PPC64
RHEL6.8 x86_64/ PPC64
RHEL7.0 x86_64/ PPC64
RHEL7.1 x86_64/PPC64/ PPC64LE [Power8]
RHEL7.2 x86_64/ PPC64/ PPC64LE [Power8]/ARM
RHEL7.3 x86_64/PPC64/ PPC64LE [Power8]
Debian 7.6 x86_64
Overview
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Debian 8.0 x86_64
Debian 8.1 x86_64
Debian 8.2 x86_64
Debian 8.3 x86_64
Fedora 19 x86_64
Fedora 20 x86_64
Fedora 21 x86_64/ PPC64LE [Power 8]
Fedora 22 PPC64LE [Power8]
Fedora 23 x86_64/ PPC64 [Power8]/ PPC64LE [Power8]
Fedora 24 x86_64
GAIA R77.30 x86_64
GAIA R80 x86_64
OEL 6.5 x86_64
OEL 6.6 x86_64
OEL 6.7 x86_64
OEL 6.8 x86_64
OEL 7.1 x86_64
Sles10 SP3 x86_64
Sles11 SP1 x86_64
Sles11 SP2 x86_64
Sles11 SP3 x86_64/ PPC64 [Power 7]
Sles11 SP4 x86_64/ PPC64
Sles12 x86_64/ PPC64LE [Power 8]
Sles12SP1 x86_64/ PPC64LE
Sles12SP2 x86_64/ PPC64LE
XenServer6.5 x86_64
XenServer7.0 x86_64
WindRiver6.0 x86_64
XenServer4.2 x86_64
PowerKVM3.1.x PPC64LE
Ubuntu 12.04.4 x86_64
Ubuntu 14.04 x86_64/ PPC64LE [Power 8]
Ubuntu 14.10 x86_64/ PPC64LE [Power8]
Ubuntu 15.04 x86_64/ PPC64LE [Power 8]
Table 4 - Supported Operating Systems and Platforms
OS Arch
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1.4 Supported Flash TypesMFT supports the following Flash types.
1.5 Supported Mellanox ICsWith respect to MFT, Mellanox IC devices are divided into two groups: Group I and Group II (4th generation and 5th generation, respectively). The ICs are listed in the following table:
Ubuntu 15.10 x86_64/ PPC64LE [Power8]
Ubuntu 16.04 x86_64/ PPC64LE [Power 8]
Ubuntu 16.10 x86_64/PPC64LE [Power 8]
Kernel.org 3.10.28 x86_64
Kernel.org 3.16 x86_64
Kernel.org 3.17 x86_64
Kernel.org 3.18 x86_64
Kernel.org 3.19 x86_64
Kernel.org 4.0 - 4.9 x86_64
Table 5 - Supported Flash Types
Vendor Flash Family Tested P/N
Micron M25Pxx M25P16
M25PXxx M25PX16
N25Qxxx N25Q032
Winbond W25QxxBV W25Q32BV
Spansion S25FL11xx S25FL116K
Atmel AT25DFxxx AT25DF161
Table 6 - Mellanox IC Devices
IC Group IC Device
Group I/4th Generation • ConnectX®-3• ConnectX®-3 Pro• SwitchX®• SwitchX®-2
Table 4 - Supported Operating Systems and Platforms
OS Arch
Overview
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Group II/5th Generation • Connect-IB®• Switch-IB™• Switch-IB™ 2• Spectrum™• ConnectX®-4• ConnectX®-4 Lx• ConnectX®-5 (at beta level)• ConnectX®-5 Ex (at beta level)
Table 6 - Mellanox IC Devices
IC Group IC Device
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2 Changes and New Features in Rev 4.6.0
For further information, please refer to the MFT User Manual.
Table 7 - Changes and New Features in Rev 4.6.0
Component/ Tool Description Operating System
Adapter Cards Added support for ConnectX-5/ConnectX-5 Ex adapter cards.
Note: ConnectX-5/ConnectX-5 Ex adapter cards are currently at Beta level.
All
mlxconfig Added an option to query active (current) configurations in mlx-config.
All
Added new parameters in VPI settings configuration: XFI_MODE, PHY_TYPE, FORCE_MODE
Added a new parameter to the PCI configuration NON_PREFETCHABLE_PF_BAR
mlxburn Added the ability to use mlxvpd to read the device VPD when using mlxburn.
Linux, Windows, VMware ESXi
fwreset Added support for fwreset in PPC64 and PPC64LE platforms. Linux
Known Issues
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3 Known IssuesThe following table provides a list of known issues and limitations in regards to this release of the Mellanox Firmware Tools.Table 8 - Known Issues and Limitations (Sheet 1 of 8)
Internal Ref.
Issue
207320/933032
Description: Tools that run in parallel on the same device may interrupt one another, and may cause the device to be in an undefined state.
Workaround: Avoid running more than a single tool at a time with the same device
Keywords: General
374188 Description: The MFT driver is not a native VMware driver, thus it can not take ownership of the PCI device in livefish mode.
Workaround: N/A
Keywords: General
374188/374039
Description: The MFT driver is not a native VMware driver, thus it can access the Mella-nox PCI device only after the MLNX-OFED ESXi driver marks it as accessible by vmkli-unx drivers.
Workaround: Install and load MLNXOFED ESXi driver (which is part of inbox drivers in ESXi 5.5 and newer)
Keywords: General
362100/366285/366286
Description: MFT does not support MTUSB devices nor remote ETH and IB devices in FreeBSD and VMware ESXi.
Workaround: N/A
Keywords: General
592673 Description: PCI access in PowerPC machines is up to 10 times slower than other plat-forms, therefore, there are performance issues on all tools running on PowerPC machines.
Workaround: N/A
Keywords: General
- Description: Running MFT tools on ConnectX-4/ConnectX-4 Lx on a Windows machine with PCI Gen1 or Gen2 causes machine to hang when Network adapted is disabled.
For Example:Running mlxfwreset on ConnectX-4/ConnectX-4 Lx on the aforementioned server causes the machine to hang since disabling the network adapter is a part of the reset flow.
Workaround: Enabled the network adapter before using any of the tools. For loading the firmware, reboot the server.
Keywords: General
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607508 Description: Wrong localization settings in the operating system cause some tools to fail with error: locale::facet::_S_create_c_locale name not valid
Workaround: Run: export LC_ALL=C
Keywords: General
676412 Description: Aggressive killing of a tool that is locking the vendor specific semaphore (in ConnectX-4/ConnectX-4 Lx devices) will leave the semaphore locked, and any tool will get stuck waiting for semaphore.
Workaround: Run: mcra -c <pci device>
Keywords: General
576287 Description: When burning firmware with old MFT tools, the firmware version compari-son might not work correctly and might return a prompt that the old firmware is newer. This is due to changes in firmware version format.
Workaround: When prompted, press "y" to force update, or add the following flag to the command line:flint: -y|--yesmlxburn: -forcemlxfwmanager: -f|--force
Keywords: Firmware Burning Tools
- Description: Firmware burn will fail due to invalid/old timestamp on ConnectX-4/Con-nectX-4 Lx devices running these firmware versions: 12.14.0060/14.14.0060, or 12.14.0074/14.14.0075
Workaround: Use MFT v4.1.0 to upgrade/downgrade the firmware version.
Keywords: Firmware Burning Tools
692397 Description: On ConnectX-3/ConnectX-3 Pro adapter cards, when burning a new firmware image that does not contain an expansion ROM on a flash that contains firmware and expansion ROM, the burning tool will save the expansion ROM in the flash.
Workaround: This issue can be avoided by:1. Removing the ROM from the flash before the FW update process by running the following flint
command: flint -d <dev> --allow_rom_change drom
2. Adding the --use_image_rom flag to the flint FW update command
Keywords: Firmware Burning Tools
669272 Description: mlxfwmanager self-extractor tool will not work properly in ESXi machines if there is no mlx driver or MST installed on the machine.
Workaround: Install the driver and the mst that matches the machine, then run the tool.
Keywords: mlxfwmanager
Table 8 - Known Issues and Limitations (Sheet 2 of 8)
Internal Ref.
Issue
Known Issues
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534010/647911
Description: mlxconfig allows setting port parameters for both ports from a single function on ConnectX-4. This poses a security issue since a certain physical function is able to change port parameters for all ports regardless of its designated port.
Workaround: N/A
Keywords: mlxconfig
533942 Description: mlxphyburn fails to query firmware version.
Workaround: N/A
Keywords: mlxphyburn
465159 Description: mlxmdio PHY address may differ when the read/write transactions are per-formed either directly by manipulating the hardware gateway or by asking the firmware.
Workaround: Run with -g 0 flag (forcing gateway access).
Keywords: mlxmdio
554872 Description: FreeBSD PCI access API is currently not supported.
Workaround: N/A
Keywords: mlxburn
221201 Description: The firmware update process in Connect-IB™, Switch-IB™, ConnectX®-4, ConnectX®-4 Lx and ConnectX®-5 and may take up to two minutes.
Workaround: N/A
Keywords: flint
326763 Description: The sg command on Connect-IB™, Switch-IB™, ConnectX®-4, Con-nectX®-4 Lx and ConnectX®-5 fails if the -override_cache_replacement flag is not used.
Workaround: Set the GUIDs only when firmware is not active (driver is not loaded) by using the flag -override_cach_replacement
Keywords: flint
409212/408374
Description: Attempting to access Remote/MTUSB device for parallel does not work well.
Workaround: Avoid working in parallel through these interfaces.
Keywords: flint
540073 Description: Attempt to burn firmware while specifying the -use_fw flag fails as firmware does not support write operation on this flash.
Workaround: Do not use the -use_fw flag for burn operations.
Keywords: flint
166709 Description: wqdump does not support WQEs receiving of 1024B on Connect-IB®, Con-nectX®-4 and ConnectX®-4 Lx.
Workaround: N/A
Keywords: wqdump
Table 8 - Known Issues and Limitations (Sheet 3 of 8)
Internal Ref.
Issue
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202870 Description: “mst ib add” may fail when there is a device with zero system GUID in the fabric. The failure occurs when the “mst ib add” uses the ibnetdiscover tool.
Workaround: Run 'mst ib add --discover-tool ibdiagnet'
Keywords: mst
202869 Description: When an IB subnet manager is not running in the fabric, some of the ports may be in INIT state. Devices that are accessed via these ports are added to the in-band device list even though they are inaccessible to in-band traffic.
Workaround: Verify a subnet manager is running and that all the ports are in ACTIVE state.
Keywords: mst
15454 Description: In Windows, mst remote devices added by the ‘mst remote add’ command may still be present after uninstalling MFT.
Workaround: If you still see old remote devices after installing a new WinMFT, you can either run ‘mst restart’ or remove the devs directory manually (resides under the WinMFT install directory)
Keywords: mst
383471 Description: In Windows, “mst ib add” uses only ibnetdiscover to discover the cluster “--discover-tool” option is not used to choose the intended tool. The discover tool argument is intended only for parsing purpose, thus the topology file must be specified when using the “--discover-tool”.
Workaround: N/A
Keywords: mst
190903 Description: When i2c-diolan-u2c driver is installed, it takes ownership over the mtusb device and prevents mst to load it, consequently, pre-vents access to MFT tools.
Workaround: Stop the i2c-diolan-u2c driver.
Keywords: mst
529237 Description: Accessing MST device in Windows machine remotely in parallel is not sup-ported; only one connection at the same time is supported.
Workaround: N/A
Keywords: mst
535639 Description: When there are multiple ConnectX-4 devices in Windows, the MST status shows them in a gap of 2 in indexes (even numbers).
Workaround: N/A
Keywords: mst
540511 Description: If an unexpected shutdown occurs after running the firmware update package (UPMF) in Windows, 'mst status' may not show any devices when the machine comes up.
Workaround: Run: ‘sc delete mst64’ or ‘sc delete mst32’ for cleanup.
Keywords: mst
Table 8 - Known Issues and Limitations (Sheet 4 of 8)
Internal Ref.
Issue
Known Issues
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15629 Description: XenServer machine does not have an rpmbuild command which is used to recompile the kernel-mft source RPM in installation phase therefore, MFT installation fails.
Workaround: 1. Prepare the kernel-mft RPM in the DDK server of the xenserver installed in your machine by run-
ning: " install.sh --rebuild-srpm”2. Install the kernel-mft binary RPM generated in stage one in the xenserver normal machine by:
"rpm -i <kernel-mft binary RPM>"3. Install MFT by: "install.sh --without-kernel"
Keywords: Install Script
18889 Description: If the mcg tool is running while steering entries are added or removed from the device, the tool may display warnings in the following format:"mcg [0x1bff5].next points to non-existing mcg index 0x1b7f5"And the displayed data may be incorrect.
Workaround: It is recommended to run the tool when the steering table is in a static mode.
Keywords: mlxmcg
676539 Description: mlxuptime and mget_temp are not working against INBAND ConnectX-4/ConnectX-4 Lx devices.
Workaround: Work against other available devices’ interfaces such as PCI/remote.
Keywords: mlxuptime
383719 Description: Terminating the tool when running it in MEM mode with CTRL+Z can cause issues to the device and to the firmware.
Workaround: Do not send CTRL+Z to the tool.
Keywords: mlxtrace
517837 Description: When running mlxtrace against in-band device, a ctrl+c is handled by the other library that is used by mlxtrace. Therefore, mlxtrace does not create all files needed.
Workaround: N/A
Keywords: mlxtrace
384366 Description: Downgrading WinMFT to an older version might corrupt the installation dir.
Workaround: Remove MFT prior to installing any earlier versions of MFT.
Keywords: WinMFT Installation
589929 Description: mlxfwreset is not supported in VMware.
Workaround: N/A
Keywords: mlxfwreset
543840 Description: When attempting to reset a pass-through device on a VM, the reset will fail because mlxfwreset fails to locate the PCI bridge for the specified device.
Workaround: To load the firmware, reboot the machine
Keywords: mlxfwreset
Table 8 - Known Issues and Limitations (Sheet 5 of 8)
Internal Ref.
Issue
Rev 4.6.020 Mellanox Technologies
594755/786715/787204
Description: mlxfwreset is not functional is FreeBSD 9.1.
Workaround: Reboot the machine after firmware upgrade.
Keywords: mlxfwreset
781514/781569
Description: MFT is not functional if Advance Toolchain Runtime (at7.1) for PPC64LE is installed on the machine.
Workaround: Export LD_PRELOAD="<path to the correct libc>"
For example:
Export LD_PRELOAD="/lib/powerpc64le-linux-gnu/libc.so.6"
Keywords: Advance Toolchain Runtime, PPC64LE
759915/778296
Description: Segmentation fault may occur in fwtrace on RedHat 6.5 and 6.7 systems.
Workaround: N/A
Keywords: fwtrace
Description: In order for mlxcables to work locally on the switch, the following switch firmware version must be installed on the switch:• Switch-IB - 11.1100.0026 or higher• Switch-IB 2 - 15.0400.0026 or higher• Spectrum - 13.1100.0026 or higher
Workaround: N/A
Keywords: mlxcables
783756 Description: When upgrading firmware from v12.14.2036 to v12/14.16.1004 using mlxfwreset, Pass-Through in ConnectX-4 adapter cards might not function properly. In this case, such error message will appear: “-device vfio-pci,host=04:00.0,id=hostdev0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x7: vfio: Error: Failed to setup INTx fd: No such device 2016-05-22T06:46:39.164786Z qemu-kvm: -device vfio-pci,host=04:00.0,id=host-dev0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x7: Device initialization failed.”
Workaround: Reboot the server for the firmware upgrade changes to take effect.
Keywords: Installation, firmware upgrade
572074 Description: Running mlxtrace/fwtrace with MEM mode on Connect-IB/ConnectX-4/Con-nectX-4 Lx and ConnectX-5 devices is not supported in FreeBSD and VMware ESXi.
Workaround: Use tracer mode FIFO (-m FIFO)
Keywords: mlxtrace/fwtrace
767933/777735
Description: mlxreg does not support big registers (the maximum SMP MAD size is 64 bytes) when running it with an Inband device (through IB mads).
Workaround: Run mlxreg locally with the PCI device
Keywords: mlxreg/fwtrace
Table 8 - Known Issues and Limitations (Sheet 6 of 8)
Internal Ref.
Issue
Known Issues
Rev 4.6.0 21Mellanox Technologies
- Description: For mlxfwreset to work on PowerPC, the minimum firmware version that must be installed on the device is:• ConnectX-5: 12.18.1000• ConnectX-4: 12.16.1004• ConnectX-4 Lx: 14.16.1004• ConnectIB: 10.16.1004
Workaround: N/A
Keywords: mlxfwreset
855416 Description: Running mlxfwreset on an ARM server with Ubuntu 16.04, may result in machine hanging.
Workaround: Reboot the server in order to load the firmware
Keywords: mlxfwreset
860431 Description: MFT tools do not function properly with the interactive prompt on Windows Server 2016: Nano server.
Workaround: Use the “-y/--yes”, “-n/--no” flags with the relevant tools to allow non interactive execution.
Keywords: Windows Server 2016: Nano server
669711 Description: mst.exe is not functional in Windows Server 2016: Nano Server.
Workaround: Use mdevices.exe to get list of available devices
Keywords: Windows Server 2016: Nano server, mst
907531 Description: mlxfwreset is not functional on MultiHost and Socket Direct NICs.
Workaround: To load the firmware, shut down all related hosts and then power up.
Keywords: mlxfwreset
927526 Description: When running the mlxconfig query after mlxconfig reset, the mlxconfig query does not show the correct configuration that should be loaded upon the next boot.
Workaround: To view the default configuration (under the Default column) run: mlxconfig -d <device> -e query.
Keywords: mlxconfig
941167 Description: Running mlxfwreset on Connect-IB on PowerPC setup on SLES OS, may result in mlxfwreset failure.
Workaround: To reload the firmware, reboot the server.
Keywords: mlxfwreset
955525 Description: Image generation fails when generating a ConnectX-5 image on FreeBSD12-CURRENT.
Workaround: N/A
Keywords: ConnectX-5, image generation, FreeBSD12-CURRENT
Table 8 - Known Issues and Limitations (Sheet 7 of 8)
Internal Ref.
Issue
Rev 4.6.022 Mellanox Technologies
955925 Description: Upon each boot, for the first module that either has no signature or its key is not in the kernel key ring, the following messages will be presented:“mst_pci: module verification failed” "mst_pci : module verification failed: signature and/or required key missing - tainting kernel”
Note: These messages cannot be eliminated and can be easily missed as they are not seen upon unloading and reloading the kernel module until its reboot.
Workaround: N/A
Keywords: mst_pci, kernel module
969322 Description: mlxfwreset may fail to reset the device on Ubuntu PPC64LE systems when multiple kernels are installed.
Workaround: Use systems with a single kernel installed.
Keywords: kernel module, mlxfwreset, Ubuntu PPC64LE
Table 8 - Known Issues and Limitations (Sheet 8 of 8)
Internal Ref.
Issue
Bug Fixes History
Rev 4.6.0 23Mellanox Technologies
4 Bug Fixes HistoryTable 9 lists the history of bugs fixedTable 9 - Bug Fixes History (Sheet 1 of 16)
Internal Ref. Issue
795226/795657/862607
Description: Occasionally, MFT tools (driver mode) do not function after running mlxfwre-set in PowerPC machines.
Keywords: mlxfwreset
Discovered in Release: 4.4.0
Fixed in Release: 4.6.0
795028/795705
Description: mlxburn fails to read VPD on machines where the device shares the same B:D:F address with another PCI device on different PCI domains
Keywords: mlxburn
Discovered in Release: 4.4.0
Fixed in Release: 4.6.0
385113 Description: Reading the VPD using the “-vpd_rw” flag or programing the VPD may take up to 5 mins.
Keywords: mlxburn
Discovered in Release: 3.7.0
Fixed in Release: 4.6.0
795756/795916
Description: mlxfwreset disables and enables all Mellanox devices’ Network Interfaces when resetting the firmware on a device that at least one of its network interfaces is up.
Keywords: mlxfwreset
Discovered in Release: 4.4.0
Fixed in Release: 4.5.0
795479/795521
Description: Running mlxfwreset against OEM devices may enter the device to a unde-fined state.
Keywords: mlxfwreset
Discovered in Release: 4.4.0
Fixed in Release: 4.5.0
697509 Description: PPTT and PPRT registers are not supported in switches.
Keywords: mlxreg
Discovered in Release: 4.3.0
Fixed in Release: 4.5.0
Rev 4.6.024 Mellanox Technologies
757651/778451
Description: Fixed an issue causing the mlxcables tool to show wrong temperature value when querying the cable several times in loop.
Keywords: mlxcables
Discovered in Release: 4.4.0
Fixed in Release: 4.5.0
691073 Description: In Linux/Windows, updating firmware on an unmanaged InfiniScale IV switch by Inband fails with the following error: MFE_SEM_LOCKED
Keywords: Firmware Burning Tools
Discovered in Release: 4.3.0
Fixed in Release: 4.4.0
418735 Description: Added fwtrace and mlxfwreset to the MFT package for PPC.
Keywords: General
Discovered in Release: 4.3.0
Fixed in Release: 4.4.0
360252 Description: Fixed an issue that caused the target machine to hang when running mlxtrace over an mtusb connected to an HCA/NIC in a Windows target machine. In this mode, mlx-trace may cause memory corruption on the target machine which causes it to hang.
Keywords: mlxtrace
Discovered in Release: 3.5.0
Fixed in Release: 4.4.0
416368 Description: Fixed an issue causing read/write corruption and yields unexpected behavior when running mlxfwmanager_pci with MFT tools in parallel.
Keywords: mlxfwmanager
Discovered in Release: 3.8.0
Fixed in Release: 4.4.0
434487 Description: Fixed an issue causing mlxfwreset to fail due to some missing files in ARM machines.
Keywords: mlxfwreset
Discovered in Release: 3.7.1
Fixed in Release: 4.4.0
519137 Description: Added mlxfwmanager as part of the MFT package intended to FreeBSD 9.1.
Keywords: mlxfwmanager.
Discovered in Release: 4.0.0
Fixed in Release: 4.4.0
Table 9 - Bug Fixes History (Sheet 2 of 16)
Internal Ref. Issue
Bug Fixes History
Rev 4.6.0 25Mellanox Technologies
522101 Description: Fixed functionality issues of query/set VPD flags in mlxburn in ESXi VMware.
Keywords: mlxburn
Discovered in Release: 4.0.0
Fixed in Release: 4.4.0
604749 Description: Fixed cpldupdate calibration option (-c flag) functionality.
Keywords: cpldupdate
Discovered in Release: 4.1.0
Fixed in Release: 4.4.0
681475 Description: Fixed an issue which showed both Base MAC and Base GUID when running mlxfwmanager query on ConnectX-4 devices, even if the two ports were configured to be ETH only, or IB only.
Keywords: mlxfwmanager
Discovered in Release: 4.3.0
Fixed in Release: 4.4.0
692194/692373
Description: Fixed an issue preventing mlxfwreset from working in Linux when MLNX_OFED or an inbox driver was not installed.
Keywords: mlxfwreset
Discovered in Release: 4.3.0
Fixed in Release: 4.4.0
702505/735109
Description: Fixed an issue which caused flint brom/drom operations to fail when using 5th Generation devices firmware.
Keywords: flint
Discovered in Release: 4.3.0
Fixed in Release: 4.4.0
591283 Description: Performing mlxfwreset on a server with SR-IOV enabled corrupts the virtual functions
Keywords: mlxfwreset
Discovered in Release: 4.1.0
Fixed in Release: 4.3.0
600751 Description: Resetting the firmware using mlxfwreset in a machine where the Mellanox driver is Inbox (not MLNX_OFED) might cause the device to hang
Keywords: mlxfwreset
Discovered in Release: 4.1.0
Fixed in Release: 4.3.0
Table 9 - Bug Fixes History (Sheet 3 of 16)
Internal Ref. Issue
Rev 4.6.026 Mellanox Technologies
590990 Description: MFT package does not include support for ConnectX-4 and ConnectX-4 Lx devices for VMware
Keywords: General
Discovered in Release: 4.1.0
Fixed in Release: 4.3.0
563395 Description: ConnectX-4 and ConnectX-4 Lx devices have a physical function per port, for example: 01:00.0 and 01:00.1. MFT creates an MST device for the first function only. Therefore, MFT can run only against the first function
Keywords: General
Discovered in Release: 4.1.0
Fixed in Release: 4.3.0
592211 Description: On PowerPC 8, mst status -v does not show any information on the multiple functions of the device. For example, in ConnectX-4 devices, each port has a function of its own by default, but it is not shown in mst status -v
Keywords: mst
Discovered in Release: 4.1.0
Fixed in Release: 4.3.0
549867 Description: Setting one of the ports to ETH and the other to IB using mlxconfig may cause the firmware to crash. This was fixed in ConnectX-4 firmware v12.12.1100
Keywords: mlxconfig
Discovered in Release: 4.0.0
Fixed in Release: 4.1.0
- Description: HCR tools are not supported in FreeBSD
Keywords: mlxconfig/mlxphyburn
Discovered in Release: 3.8.0
Fixed in Release: 4.1.0
- Description: pci_cr interface is not supported in VMware ESXi 2015
Keywords: General
Discovered in Release: 4.0.0
Fixed in Release: 4.1.0
434287 Description: Running online updates/downloads in parallel may fail
Keywords: mlxfwmanager
Discovered in Release: 3.7.1
Fixed in Release: 4.1.0
Table 9 - Bug Fixes History (Sheet 4 of 16)
Internal Ref. Issue
Bug Fixes History
Rev 4.6.0 27Mellanox Technologies
543669 Description: Dumping eqe on Connect-IB and ConnectX-4 adapters fails
Keywords: wqdump
Discovered in Release: 4.0.0
Fixed in Release: 4.1.0
534009 Description: Reset configuration is not supported in mlxconfig for ConnectX-4
Keywords: mlxconfig
Discovered in Release: 4.0.0
Fixed in Release: 4.1.0
408360 Description: UPMF Generation is not supported in VMware ESXi and FreeBSD
Keywords: General
Discovered in Release: 3.7.0
Fixed in Release: 4.0.0
417033 Description: mlx_mfa_gen can not create MFA file under directory with whitespace
Keywords: mlxfwmanager
Discovered in Release: 3.7.0
Fixed in Release: 4.0.0
499995 Description: flint sg/sv/set_vsd commands with Connect-IB firmware 10.10.5020 or newer corrupt the firmware image
Keywords: flint
Discovered in Release: 3.8.0
Fixed in Release: 4.0.0
385797 Description: Running burning tools (for burn/query) and restarting the driver or machine boot at the same time may cause the machine to hang
Keywords: Burning tools (mlxfwmanager, flint and mlxburn)
Discovered in Release: 3.0.0
Fixed in Release: 4.0.0
- Description: mlxtrace activates a hardware component which may lead to decreasing the packet rate of the HCA
Keywords: mlxtrace
Discovered in Release: 3.7.0
Fixed in Release: 3.8.0
Table 9 - Bug Fixes History (Sheet 5 of 16)
Internal Ref. Issue
Rev 4.6.028 Mellanox Technologies
434106 Description: If a burning process is killed forcefully (such as: by kill -9 in Linux), subse-quent runs of burning tools will not function as they require hardware resources cleanup
Keywords: Burning tools (mlxfwmanager, flint and mlxburn)
Discovered in Release: 3.7.1
Fixed in Release: 3.8.0
228953 Description: “mst status -v” does not show MLNX_OFED device name (mlx4/mlx5) in XEN server machines. Hence, the MFT tools cannot be run on these devices. Also, mlx-trace/ fwtrace on Connect-IB in MEM mode cannot work, since it is using these devices
Keywords: mst
Discovered in Release: 3.1.0
Fixed in Release: 3.8.0
417033 Description: mlx_mfa_gen fails to calculate CRC when MFA's directory name includes spaces
Keywords: mlxfwmanager
Discovered in Release: 3.7.0
Fixed in Release: 3.8.0
- Description: mlxfwmanger_pci fails to detect devices in virtual machines of RedHat KVM. <Where the pci address of the device has dev.func !=00.0>
Keywords: mlxfwmanager_pci
Discovered in Release: 3.5.0
Fixed in Release: 3.8.0
417181 Description: Stopping/restarting mst service while one tool is running may cause some issues with the device or driver or the tool itself
Keywords: All
Discovered in Release: 3.7.0
Fixed in Release: 3.8.0
418261 Description: mft_uninstall failed in some Ubuntu machines
Keywords: mft_uninstall.sh
Discovered in Release: 3.7.1
Fixed in Release: 3.8.0
419183 Description: mlxfwreset failed due to a parsing issue on some machines where the Express capability register address contains hex digit (such as: b0)
Keywords: mlxfwreset
Discovered in Release: 3.7.0
Fixed in Release: 3.8.0
Table 9 - Bug Fixes History (Sheet 6 of 16)
Internal Ref. Issue
Bug Fixes History
Rev 4.6.0 29Mellanox Technologies
418256 Description: On some Connect-IB® board types driver failed to load after loading new firmware using mlxfwreset
Keywords: mlxfwmanager
Discovered in Release: 3.7.0
Fixed in Release: 3.8.0
- Description: Kernel installation failed in fbk13 Operating System
Keywords: Installation
Discovered in Release: 3.7.0
Fixed in Release: 3.7.1
427821 Description: MFT installation failed in PPC64LE when TCL is not installed there
Keywords: Install script and mlxburn
Discovered in Release: 3.7.0
Fixed in Release: 3.7.1
- Description: Burning tools may cause machine reboots in some ConnectX cards
Keywords: Burning tools
Discovered in Release: 3.7.0
Fixed in Release: 3.7.1
- Description: Updating a non-failsafe image is not supported
Keywords: Mlxfwmanager
Discovered in Release: 3.6.0
Fixed in Release: 3.7.0
- Description: Killing an WinMFT process may interrupt subsequent runs of WinMFT tools
Keywords: Mlxfwmanager
Discovered in Release: 3.6.0
Fixed in Release: 3.7.0
- Description: mlxfwmanager_pci does not work in VMware
Keywords: Mlxfwmanager
Discovered in Release: 3.6.0
Fixed in Release: 3.7.0
- Description: MFT supports only one connected MTUSB-1 device at a time
Keywords: All
Discovered in Release: 2.7.2b
Fixed in Release: 3.7.0
Table 9 - Bug Fixes History (Sheet 7 of 16)
Internal Ref. Issue
Rev 4.6.030 Mellanox Technologies
mlxuptime Description: The displayed configured frequency may present wrong results
Keywords: mlxuptime
Discovered in Release: 3.5.0
Fixed in Release: 3.7.0
- Description: mst remote feature does not work when the client machine is windows and the server machine is Linux
Keywords: mst
Discovered in Release: 3.6.0
Fixed in Release: 3.7.0
- Description: Devices in livefish mode in FreeBSD does not appear in mst status
Keywords: mst
Discovered in Release: 3.6.0
Fixed in Release: 3.7.0
- Description: Cannot read vpd when accessing via PCI device in the format:domain:bus:dev.fn
Keywords: mlxburn
Discovered in Release: 3.1.0
Fixed in Release: 3.7.0
- Description: First flint run may fail after Ctrl+C
Keywords: flint
Discovered in Release: 3.5.0
Fixed in Release: 3.6.0
- Description: Flint Connect-IB® burn corrupts the flash when burning a verbatim full flash dump as the firmware image
Keywords: flint
Discovered in Release: 3.1.0
Fixed in Release: 3.6.0
- Description: Flint Connect-IB® burning using the “-vsd” flag is not functional
Keywords: flint
Discovered in Release: 3.5.0
Fixed in Release: 3.6.0
- Description: Occasionally, CTRL+C causes flint to hang in WinPE OS
Keywords: flint
Discovered in Release: 2.7.2b
Fixed in Release: 3.6.0
Table 9 - Bug Fixes History (Sheet 8 of 16)
Internal Ref. Issue
Bug Fixes History
Rev 4.6.0 31Mellanox Technologies
- Description: Unexpected behavior when running swreset on flint
Keywords: flint
Discovered in Release: 2.7.2b
Fixed in Release: 3.6.0
- Description: CTRL+C does not clear semaphores
Keywords: flint
Discovered in Release: 2.7.2b
Fixed in Release: 3.6.0
- Description: Connect-IB® burning: Flint supports VSD of up to 128 chars
Keywords: flint
Discovered in Release: 3.5.0
Fixed in Release: 3.6.0
- Description: wbne command causes endiannes swap
Keywords: flint
Discovered in Release: 3.5.0
Fixed in Release: 3.6.0
- Description: On Windows Power Shell Ctrl+C does not function properly
Keywords: flint
Discovered in Release: 3.5.0
Fixed in Release: 3.6.0
- Description: On FreeBSD, burning new firmware on a device with corrupt empty firmware does not work
Keywords: flint
Discovered in Release: 3.5.0
Fixed in Release: 3.6.0
- Description: Occasionally, if a node has a LID set to 0, the ”mst ib add --use-ibdr” com-mand will not add that nodes to the mst device list
Keywords: mst
Discovered in Release: 3.1.0
Fixed in Release: 3.6.0
- Description: On Windows, mst may not show any devices
Keywords: mst
Discovered in Release: 3.5.0
Fixed in Release: 3.6.0
Table 9 - Bug Fixes History (Sheet 9 of 16)
Internal Ref. Issue
Rev 4.6.032 Mellanox Technologies
- Description: mlxmcg fails on PPC
Keywords: mlxmcg (formerly mcg)
Discovered in Release: 3.5.0
Fixed in Release: 3.6.0
- Description: On Windows Ctrl+C does not exit gracefully
Keywords: itrace
Discovered in Release: 3.5.0
Fixed in Release: 3.6.0
- Description: On Windows Power Shell MFT might not work on mst devices that contain a comma
Keywords: All
Discovered in Release: 3.5.0
Fixed in Release: 3.6.0
- Description: On Windows x64, some tools are 32 bit binaries
Keywords: All
Discovered in Release: 3.5.0
Fixed in Release: 3.6.0
- Description: The mst cr device is not functional on VMware VMware ESXi. When running it, the following message is received:“You cannot access the HW configurations by mt4099_pci_cr0 device in ESXi”
Keywords: mst
Discovered in Release: 2.7.1
Fixed in Release: 3.5.1
- Description: Running the “sg” (set guids) command on a striped image file containing a large expansion rom image may fail
Keywords: flint
Discovered in Release: 2.7.1
Fixed in Release: 3.5.1
- Description: mst status does not show the mtusb-1 when adding in-band devices
Keywords: mst
Discovered in Release: 3.0.0
Fixed in Release: 3.5.0
Table 9 - Bug Fixes History (Sheet 10 of 16)
Internal Ref. Issue
Bug Fixes History
Rev 4.6.0 33Mellanox Technologies
- Description: mst shows all devices when connected to Flex10 remotely
Keywords: mst
Discovered in Release: 3.0.0
Fixed in Release: 3.5.0
- Description: mst does not display a message when there is no HCA device connected to the machine
Keywords: mst
Discovered in Release: 3.0.0
Fixed in Release: 3.5.0
229211 Description: ”mst ib add --use-ibdr” may not add all nodes in a cluster when the ports are inactive
Keywords: mst
Discovered in Release: 3.1.0
Fixed in Release: 3.5.0
- Description: mtusb is not supported in Windows 2012
Keywords: mst
Discovered in Release: 3.0.0
Fixed in Release: 3.5.0
272122 Description: Running the itrace tool when the driver is not loaded or when the driver failed to load may cause the server to crash
Keywords: itrace
Discovered in Release: 3.1.0
Fixed in Release: 3.5.0
15526 Description: Setting the GUIDs on an image file which was generated using the “-exp_rom” and “-striped_image” flags fails when the expansion rom size is larger than 400KB.Current rom sizes are much smaller, thus it is not expected to cause an actual issue
Keywords: flint
Discovered in Release: 2.6.2
Fixed in Release: 3.5.0
212679 Description: mlxtrace not functional when using the PCI format device against Connect-IB™
Keywords: mlxtrace
Discovered in Release: 3.1.0
Fixed in Release: 3.5.0
Table 9 - Bug Fixes History (Sheet 11 of 16)
Internal Ref. Issue
Rev 4.6.034 Mellanox Technologies
202857 Description: CTRL-C stops wqdump but does not clear (release) semaphores
Keywords: wqdump
Discovered in Release: 2.6.2
Fixed in Release: 3.5.0
15392 Description: Running wqdump with ‘-ignore’ ignores only the QPC gateway lock but does not ignore the OB gateway
Keywords: wqdump
Discovered in Release: 2.6.2
Fixed in Release: 3.5.0
111212 Description: Setting an empty keyword is not reported as an error, but will prevernt further using of the vpd_set_keyword flagSetting a keyword value longer than 255 characters is not reported as an error, but may cor-rupted the vpd
Keywords: mlxburn
Discovered in Release: 3.0.0
Fixed in Release: 3.1.0
187430 Description: The flag "-fw_dir" is not supported when burning ConnectX®-3 Pro adapter card
Keywords: mlxburn
Discovered in Release: 3.0.0
Fixed in Release: 3.1.0
188943 Description: When a read/write operation over mtusb/remote device fails while running flint, flint may crash, hence not handling the error well
Keywords: flint
Discovered in Release: 3.0.0
Fixed in Release: 3.1.0
190153 Description: When trying to burn a firmware+ROM that contains a unified product version to a device where the firmware has no product version, the flint tool allows keeping the device ROM instead of burning the new firmware+ROM as is
Keywords: flint
Discovered in Release: 3.0.0
Fixed in Release: 3.1.0
Table 9 - Bug Fixes History (Sheet 12 of 16)
Internal Ref. Issue
Bug Fixes History
Rev 4.6.0 35Mellanox Technologies
202856 Description: Access the trace messages area in host memory may fail when using Mellanox HCA cards without on-board memory (MemFree) running on Red Hat Fedora and OEL OSs. Consequently, the application may crash or no trace messages will be printed
Keywords: itrace
Discovered in Release: 3.0.0
Fixed in Release: 3.1.0
190998 Description: Activating counter gateways in ConnectX®-3 via an inband device causes firmware to hang (dead lock)
Keywords: mlxdump
Discovered in Release: 3.0.0
Fixed in Release: 3.1.0
191134/191131/189851
Description: Installing MFT with a different prefix than /usr, causes mlxmcg, fwtrace and mstdump to not work.On Fedora OS, in addition to the above tools, mst and mlxburn do not work either
Keywords: Installation
Discovered in Release: 3.0.0
Fixed in Release: 3.1.0
187135 Description: Running mget_temp against ConnectX®-3 Pro even after initializing the diode results in high temperature (e.g. 120)
Keywords: mget_temp
Discovered in Release: 3.0.0
Fixed in Release: 3.1.0
188802 Description: On certain boards where the external oscillator is connected only to one port, the other port's thermal sensor will not function
Keywords: mget_temp
Discovered in Release: 3.0.0
Fixed in Release: 3.1.0
137857 Description: On SwitchX-A0, the YU-sensor reports the wrong temperature
Keywords: mget_temp
Discovered in Release: 3.0.0
Fixed in Release: 3.1.0
189851 Description: Installing MFT with a different prefix than /usr, causes mlxmcg to not work
Keywords: mlxmcg (formerly mcg)
Discovered in Release: 3.0.0
Fixed in Release: 3.1.0
Table 9 - Bug Fixes History (Sheet 13 of 16)
Internal Ref. Issue
Rev 4.6.036 Mellanox Technologies
99897 Description: Occasionally, the fwtrace executable may stop working and display the fol-lowing output:Cannot open self /usr/bin/fwtrace or archive /usr/bin/fwtrace.pkg
Keywords: fwtrace
Discovered in Release: 3.0.0
Fixed in Release: 3.1.0
128149 Description: wqdump uses certain hardware gateways which are used by the firmware. Thus when it accesses the device via the firmware and owns the hardware gateways, it causes issues for the firmware and does not work
Keywords: wqdump
Discovered in Release: 3.0.0
Fixed in Release: 3.1.0
- Description: MFT cannot be installed in a path different than the default /usr
Keywords: Install script
Discovered in Release: 2.7.1a
Fixed in Release: 3.0.0
- Description: The installation script fails if OFED v1.4 or older is installed in the machine as it tries to search for non-existing RPMs
Keywords: Install script
Discovered in Release: 2.7.1a
Fixed in Release: 3.0.0
- Description: After firmware upgrade or downgrade, the externally managed SwitchX-A1 should be rebooted through power-cycle and not via flint "swreset" command
Keywords: flint
Discovered in Release: 2.7.1a
Fixed in Release: 3.0.0
- Description: The flag "-fw_dir" is not supported when burning ConnectX-3 A1 adapter card
Keywords: mlxburn
Discovered in Release: 2.7.1a
Fixed in Release: 3.0.0
- Description: The uninstall operation leaves device files under /dev/mst
Keywords: mst
Discovered in Release: 2.7.1a
Fixed in Release: 3.0.0
Table 9 - Bug Fixes History (Sheet 14 of 16)
Internal Ref. Issue
Bug Fixes History
Rev 4.6.0 37Mellanox Technologies
- Description: The tool shows the rules of port 1 in port2 line and vice versa
Keywords: mlxmcg (formerly mcg)
Discovered in Release: 2.7.1a
Fixed in Release: 3.0.0
- Description: Running mstdump on a ConnectX®-3 device may cause the firmware to hang
Keywords: mstdump
Discovered in Release: 2.7.0
Fixed in Release: 2.7.1a
- Description: Accessing the SwitchX flash by MFT has a bug, while reading on PPC64 plat-form, therefore the SwitchX cannot be updated via the PPC64 machine
Keywords: flint
Discovered in Release: 2.7.00
Fixed in Release: 2.7.1
- Description: The flag “-fw_dir” is not supported when burning SwitchX devices
Keywords: mlxburn
Discovered in Release: 2.7.1a
Fixed in Release: 2.7.1
- Description: Running mstdump on a SwitchX device may cause it to malfunction
Keywords: mstdump
Discovered in Release: 2.7.1a
Fixed in Release: 2.7.1
- Description: Burning the firmware into ConnectX®-3 A1 adapter using the MST CR device resulted in failure
Keywords: flint
Discovered in Release: 2.6.2
Fixed in Release: 2.7.0a
- Description: In-band access is not supported in Windows MFT
Keywords: mst
Discovered in Release: 2.6.0
Fixed in Release: 2.7.1
- Description: No MTUSB-1 support for 64-bit architecture in Windows MFT
Keywords: All
Discovered in Release: 2.6.0
Fixed in Release: 2.7.1
Table 9 - Bug Fixes History (Sheet 15 of 16)
Internal Ref. Issue
Rev 4.6.038 Mellanox Technologies
- Description: “mst ib add” fails to add in-band devices when the IB driver is newer than MLNX_OFED_LINUX-1.5.3-0
Keywords: mst ib add
Discovered in Release: 2.7.0
Fixed in Release: 2.7.0a
- Description: mlxi2c scan fails the first time when using mtusb
Keywords: Mlxi2c
Discovered in Release: 2.6.2
Fixed in Release: 2.7.0
- Description: The sg (set guids) command on a VPI device may burn MACs/GUIDs with value 0xff
Keywords: flint
Discovered in Release: 2.6.2
Fixed in Release: 2.7.0
- Description: If the “-striped_image” flag is used in a burn command, image burn will fail or burn a corrupt image
Keywords: flint
Discovered in Release: 2.6.2
Fixed in Release: 2.7.0
- Description: Occasionally, 'mst restart' locked the flash semaphore
Keywords: mst
Discovered in Release: 2.6.1
Fixed in Release: 2.6.2
- Description: 'mst ib add' added non-Mellanox device to the in-band device list
Keywords: mst
Discovered in Release: 2.6.1
Fixed in Release: 2.6.2
- Description: Typo in flint help description of Expansion ROM read. The flint help display lists the Expansion ROM read command as “rrrom” instead of “rrom”
Keywords: flint
Discovered in Release: 2.6.0
Fixed in Release: 2.6.1
- Description: In-band access does not work with OFED 1.5
Keywords: mst
Discovered in Release: 2.6.0
Fixed in Release: 2.6.1
Table 9 - Bug Fixes History (Sheet 16 of 16)
Internal Ref. Issue
History of Changes and New Features
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5 History of Changes and New FeaturesTable 10 - History of Changes and New Features
Component / Tool Description Operating System
Rev. 4.5.0
General Added support for Innova IPsec 4 Lx EN /Innova Flex 4 Lx EN Linux
MFT package size has been reduced in Linux by separating the architecture specific RPMs, and in ESXi, by moving relevant tools to the OEM package.
Linux / ESXi
Added support for Windows Server 2016: Nano Server. Nano Server is a remotely administered server operating system opti-mized for private clouds and datacenters.
Windows
mlxcables Enhanced cable query capabilities. Added the additional registers below for debug purposes when running the query (-q) flag: • device technology• identifier• wavelength/attenuation• speed/compliance
All
Added a new query to read thresholds and monitor the cable's properties: • Temperature• Voltage• RX/TX powers• TX Bias
All
Added a new RAW format for printing the data of the cable’s pages using the “--raw/--format raw” flags.
All
mlxconfig Enabled mlxconfig to work with a database that describes the meta data of the TLVs configuration of fifth generation devices.
All
Added the following configuration TLVs to mlxconfig:• MPFS• KEEP LINK UP• SW OFFLOAD CONF
All
mlxreg Added support for PPTT, PPRT and PPAOS access registers in switches.
All
flint Added support for viewing and changing OEMs’ device flash parameters using an IB device when using flint.
All
Rev. 4.4.0
mlxfwreset Added support for mlxfwreset in PowerPC Linux
Rev 4.6.040 Mellanox Technologies
mlxconfig Added the following new configurations:• Number of TCs• Number of VLs• Enable DCBX in CEE mode• Enable DCBX in IEEE mode• Allow the NIC to accept DCBX configuration from the remote
peer• Enable DCBX• Enable the internal LLDP client• Select which LLDP TLV will be generated by the NIC
All
General Added support for all tools to work when the MST driver is not installed
Linux
mlxcables Added support for dumping Mellanox cables EEPROM by mst-dump/mlxdump tools
Linux Windows FreeBSD
Added a new tool (mlxcables) that reads/writes Mellanox cable registers and queries the cables info
Linux Windows FreeBSD
Build Created one MFT package for all 64 bits FreeBSD OSs FreeBSD
mlxfwman-ager_pci
Removed support for mlxfwmanager_pci tool (it is deprecated), since all the Linux tools can work without a kernel now. When required, use mlxfwmanager instead.
Linux
mcra Added support for clearing VSEC PCI semaphore by the mcra tool. The new capability can be used after killing a tool forcefully with-out clearing the semaphores.Supported devices: ConnectX-4, ConnectX-4 Lx and Connect-IB
All
mlxreg Added support for Switch-IB, Switch-IB 2 and Spectrum in the mlxreg tool
All
mlxconfig Added the mlxconfig tool to the MFT package for WinPE Windows
mlxconfig Added a backup command in mlxconfig which allows user to save backup of the non-volatile configurations in a RAW file. This file can be set on the device by using the set_raw command
All
Build Added support for running wrapped python tools (like fwtrace) in PPC64, PPC64LE and ARM platforms
Linux
mlxreg Added support for PPRT and PPTT registers in ConnectX-4 and ConnectX-4 Lx
All
Rev. 4.3.0
General Added support for Spectrum device. All
Added support for Switch-IB 2 device. All
Added support for ConnectX-4 and ConnectX-4 Lx in VMware Esxi.
VMware ESXi
Added support for VMware ESXi 5.5 Native. VMware ESXi
4th generation and 5th generation IC devices are now also named Group I ICs and Group II ICs, respectively.
N/A
Component / Tool Description Operating System
History of Changes and New Features
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mlxconfig Added support for setting some of the parameters in textual values in addition to numerical values.
All
Added new configurations:• The PF log bar size • The VF log bar size • The number of PF MSIX• The number of VF MSIX• port owner • Allow RD counters• IP protocol used by flexboot
All
Added the option to display the configuration’s default values. All
flint Added support to calculate checksum on selected sections in the firmware image.
All
Added the option to attach a timestamp to the firmware image. All
Burning Tools Improved firmware burn performance in livefish mode on 5th gen-eration devices.
All
Added the ability to show the running firmware version in case it does not match with the burnt firmware version on the flash. This case generally occurs after firmware upgrade and before firmware reload.
All
mlxreg Added support for mlxreg tool which can be used to modify access registers or to query them.
All
mst Created an mst device per physical function. It can be seen by run-ning 'mst status -v'.
All
mlxfwmanager Added support to create self-extractors in VMware ESXi OSs. VMware ESXi
fwtrace Added support for the fwtrace tool in FreeBSD. FreeBSD
mlxfwreset Added support for mlxfwreset in Windows and FreeBSD. WindowsFreeBSD
Rev. 4.1.0
General Added support for ConnectX®-4 Lx Linux/Windows/FreeBSD
Added support for ConnectX®-4 FreeBSD
Component / Tool Description Operating System
Rev 4.6.042 Mellanox Technologies
mlxconfig Added support for the following configurations in ConnectX-4, ConnectX-4 Lx and Connect-IB: • IB Dynamically Connect• Internal Settings• RoCE Congestion Control ECN• RoCE Congestion Control Parameters• Wake on LAN
Linux/Windows/FreeBSD
Added support for the following configurations in ConnectX-3 and ConnectX-3 Pro: • InfiniBand Boot Settings• Preboot Boot Settings
Linux/Windows/FreeBSD
mlxtrace Added support for MEM mode in ConnectX-4 Windows
cpld_update Added the cpld_update tool to the OEM package Linux
mlxfwreset Added support for resetting the firmware Windows/FreeBSD
fwtrace Added support in FreeBSD FreeBSD
Burning Tools This version supports new ConnectX-4/Connect-IB firmware ver-sion format (MM.mm.ssss).It also enables upgrade of older firmware version format: MM.mmmm.ssss
All
Rev. 4.0.0
General Added support for ConnectX-4 device Linux/Windows
Removed support for ConnectX and ConnectX-2 All
mlx_fpga Added a new tool that dumps registers and burns hardware for FPGA
Linux
mlxconfig Added support for ConnectX-4 and Connect-IB (Beta level) Linux/Windows/ VMware ESXi
mlxfwmanager Added support for FreeBSD and VMware ESXi FreeBSD/VMware ESXi
mlxburn Added support for VMware ESXi VMware ESXi
Rev. 3.8.0
General Added support for Switch-IB device (at beta level) Linux/Windows
Added support for Debian/Ubuntu in PPC64 platform Linux
Added support for ESXi 2015 OS (Native) VMware ESXi
mlxphyburn Added support for burning Aquantia external PHY Linux
mlxconfig Added support for changing BAR size parameter Linux/Windows/ VMware ESXi
Rev. 3.7.1
Bug Fixes See Section 4, “Bug Fixes History,” on page 23 Linux/Windows/VMware ESXi/FreeBSD
Component / Tool Description Operating System
History of Changes and New Features
Rev 4.6.0 43Mellanox Technologies
Rev. 3.7.0
mlxfwmanager Added online firmware update Linux/Windows/VMware ESXi
mlxburn Added concurrency support to VPD read Linux/Windows
Added mlxburn to MFT FreeBSD
flint Added concurrency support to query firmware Linux/Windows/VMware ESXi/FreeBSD
General Added support for Arm platform and Power8 Linux
Removed support for x86 Windows
mlxfwreset Firmware reset for Connect-IB Linux
fwtrace Added fwtrace tool Windows
Rev. 3.6.1
mlxconfig Added mlxconfig tool for changing non volotaile configuration on device
Windows
Burning Tools Added support for micron flash in flint and updated production burn flow on Connect-IB
Windows
Rev. 3.6.0
mlxconfig Added mlxconfig tool for changing non volotaile configuration on device
Linux/VMware ESXi
Burning Tools Added support for micron flash in flint and updated production burn flow on Connect-IB
Linux/VMware ESXi
mtserver Added support for mstserver FreeBSD
Rev. 3.5.1
package content Added support for the following tools: mst, mlxfwmanager, itrace, mlxtrace, mlxdump, mlxmcg, wqdump, mcra, mget_temp, pckt_-drop, mlxuptime
VMware ESXi
flint mstdump
Added support for ConnectX®-3 Pro VMware ESXi
Redesigned the utility to make its look and feel more user friendly VMware ESXi
Added support for ConnectX®-3 Pro VMware ESXi
Rev. 3.5.0
flint/wqdump Redesigned the flint and wqdump utility to make their look and feel more user friendly
Linux/Windows
flint Added support for brom in Connect-IB® Linux/Windows
mlxmdio Added support for the mlxmdio utility Linux
mlxfwmanager Added support for Connect-IB Linux/Windows
FreeBSD Added support for FreeBSD operating system (at beta level) FreeBSD
Component / Tool Description Operating System
Rev 4.6.044 Mellanox Technologies
Rev. 3.1.0
General The MFT package now has 2 installation flavours - standard (default mode) and 'OEM'. The OEM mode provides the following extra functionality:• Tools for creating mlxfwmanager package• Several features for flint that are used in Connect-IB™ produc-
tion
Linux
Flint Added support for burning Connect-IB™ via firmware interface. The '-override_cache_replacement' flag is not needed. This provides a 'safe' firmware update flow, without the risk of firmware or driver hanging
Linux
mlxfwmanager Added support for the mlxfwmanager utility (at Beta level) Linux
mlxuptime Added support for the mlxuptime utility (at Beta level) Linux
Rev. 3.0.0
General Added support for Connect-IB™ device (at beta level) Linux/Windows
Added support for ConnectX®-3 Pro device (at beta level) Linux/Windows
Added support for Ubuntu operating system Linux
Added support for running tools against PCI device [domain]:bus:dev.fn like: 0000:1a:00.0 or 1a:00.0 and devices used by OFED driver like: mlx4_0
Linux
The package contains only the flint firmware update tool. Other debug tools were removed
Windows
flint Added support for new flash types: N25Q0XX (Micron) and W25Xxx (Winbond)
Linux/Windows
mlxdump Added support for the mlxdump utility (at beta level) Linux/Windows
mlxmcg Renamed mcg to mlxmcg Linux/Windows
spark spark was removed from MFT version 3.0.0 Linux/Windows
Supported Devices
The following adapter cards and switch systems are no longer sup-ported in MFT version 3.0.0:• InfiniHost 4X• InfiniHost III Ex• InfiniHost III Lx 4X• InfiniScale• InfiniScale III
Linux/Windows
Rev. 2.7.2b
All Added support for WinPE 4.0 OS Windows
Rev. 2.7.2
Component / Tool Description Operating System
History of Changes and New Features
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General It is no longer required to run mst start/stop when using WinMFT tools. The service is automatically loaded/unloaded when an MFT tool is running. The mst service installation was removed from the setup
Windows
Added support for SwitchX® silicon devices Windows
flint Added support for Atmel AT25DFxx flash family Windows
Added support for burning firmware via Command Line Interface (CLI) on SwitchX® devices
Windows
mget_temp mget_temp displays a more accurate temperature reading for Con-nectX®-2 and ConnectX®-3 devices by using the adapter’s spe-cific thermal calibration data
Windows
Rev. 2.7.1a
Added the mcg tool (Beta level)
The mcg tool displays the current multicast groups and flow steer-ing rules configured in the device.Target users: Developers of Flow Steering aware applications.This tool dumps the internal steering table which is used by the device to steer Ethernet packets and Multicast IB packets to the correct destination QPs. Each line in the table shows a single filter and a list of destination QPs. Packets that match the filter are steered to the list of destina-tion QPs
Linux
Removed sup-port for In-band access on OFED 1.4 InfiniBand driver
In-band access is supported using OFED 1.5.X and higher Linux
Rev. 2.7.1
General Added mlxconfig tool. This tool sets firmware configurations for Mellanox adapters. These configurations are nonvolatile they apply over device reboots. For further details, please run “mlxconfig -h”. The tool is at beta level
Linux
Added support for Mellanox ConnectX®-3 silicon device Windows
Added the I2CBridge (Dimax’s Driver for USB to I2C Adapter) as part of the WinMFT installation package. However, the I2CBridge is not installed by default
Windows
MFT installationchange
Removed the isw tool.The isw tool functionality was replaced by the "mlxi2c" tool. For example, to scan the devices on the i2c bus, run:> mlxi2c -d <dev> scan instead of> isw -d <dev>
Windows
Component / Tool Description Operating System
Rev 4.6.046 Mellanox Technologies
mget_temp mget_temp displays a more accurate temperature for ConnectX-2 devices by using chip specific thermal calibration data
Linux
flint Added support for Atmel AT25DFxx flash family Linux
Cleared error messages displayed when trying to burn firmware image of a diferent device. For example when burning ConnectX-2 firmware image on ConnectX-3 device
Linux
Added support for flash type SST25VF016B Windows
Added support for flash type M25PX16 Windows
• The ROM section in the image now contains multiple boot images. Therefore flint was modified to display information for all of the images in the ROM section.
• Added support to display/burn UEFI ROM/
Windows
Added an option to set the VSD and GUIDs in a binary image file. This is useful for production to prepare images for pre-assembly flash burning. These new commands are supported by Mellanox 4th generation devices
Windows
Added an option to set the VSD and GUIDs on an already burnt device. These commands (“sg” and “sv”) re-burn the existing image with the given GUIDs or VSD. When the 'sg' command is applied on a device with blank (0xff) GUIDs, it updates the GUIDs without re-burning the image
Windows
mst Added support for using ibnetdiscover in the 'mst ib add' command Windows
mlxburn Added support for VPD read/write Windows
Rev. 2.7.0a
Bug Fixes See Section 4, “Bug Fixes History,” on page 23 Linux
Rev. 2.7.0
General Added support for Mellanox ConnectX®-3 and SwitchX™ silicon devices
Linux
Added Secure host feature which enables ConnectX family devices to block access to its internal hardware registers. The hardware access in this mode is allowed only if a correct 64 bits key is pro-vided (see flint changes).MFT tools cannot run on a device with hardware access disabled. This feature is enabled only with supporting firmware
Linux
Removed support for Itanium (ia64) Linux
Component / Tool Description Operating System
History of Changes and New Features
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flint Added the following commands:• enable/disable access to the hardware• set/change the key used to enable access to the hardware
Linux
The ROM section in the image now contains multiple boot images. Therefore the flint was modified to display information for all of the images in the ROM section
Linux
Added support to display/burn UEFI ROM Linux
Added support for burning firmware via Command Line interface on SwitchX devices
Linux
Mlxburn Added option to add or replace a single keyword in the VPD writ-able section (-vpd_set_keyword flag)
Linux
Added the option to set a binary VPD field data Linux
MFT installation Added the option --without-kernel which allows user to install MFT without the mst kernel
Linux
Rev. 2.6.2
MFT installation change
RPM based installation: • Applications are installed using a pre-compiled binary RPM• Kernel modules are distributed as a source RPM and compiled
by the installation script • Fast installation process
Linux
Removed prerequisite libraries: expat and zlib-devel Linux
The package tools, libraries and headers are now installed under:{ prefix }/bin or { prefix }/lib and { prefix }/include dirs. Directory /usr/mst is not created.For example, the “mread”, “mwrite” and “mcra” tools that were previously installed by default under /usr/mst/bin, now are installed under /usr/bin
Linux
Linux
Removed the InfiniScale® and InfiniBridge® tools Linux
Removed the Infinivision tool set Linux
Removed the isw tool. The isw tool functionality was replaced by the "mlxi2c" tool.For example, to scan the devices on the i2c bus, run: > mlxi2c -d <dev> scaninstead of > isw -d <dev>
Linux
Component / Tool Description Operating System
Rev 4.6.048 Mellanox Technologies
flint Added support for flash type SST25VF016B Linux
Added support for flash type M25PX16 Linux
Added an option to set the VSD and GUIDs in a binary image file. This is useful for production to prepare images for pre-assembly flash burning.These new commands are supported by Mellanox 4th generation devices
Linux
Added an option to set the VSD and GUIDs on an already burnt device. These commands (“sg” and “sv”) re-burn the existing image with the given GUIDs or VSD. When the 'sg' command is applied on a device with blank (0xff) GUIDs, it updates the GUIDs without re-burning the image
Linux
mst Added support for using ibutils2/ibdiagnet and ibnetdiscover in the 'mst ib add' command
Linux
Removed the _uar, _msix and _ddr devices from the mst device list Linux
Debug tools Added support for routing I2C bus to the IS4 device on IS50XX systems
Linux
Rev. 2.6.1
Bug Fixes See Section 4, “Bug Fixes History,” on page 23 Linux
Rev. 2.6.0
MFT installation change
Added the options: --without-image-generation, --disable-dc, and --without-kernel which allow for a partial installation in order to avoid problems with SW dependencies
Linux
Now allows a non-root user to prepare MFT RPMs Linux
All Added Mellanox ConnectX®-2 and BridgeX® support Linux/Windows
flint Added a CRC check for the full image Linux
Support for query/burn of clp-gpxe ROM Linux
Prevents burning a ConnectX-2 image onto a ConnectX device and vice versa
Linux
Added a logging option to flint Linux
For the ConnectX device family only:Added commands for an independent burn/read/remove of an Expansion ROM image.For firmware versions earlier than 2.7.000: It is possible to read the ROM image, or to replace an already existing ROM image (by the burn command). However, burning a new ROM image in case a previous image did not exist is not possible, nor is it possible to remove an existing ROM image
Linux
mlxburn Added the -fw_dir option which looks for a suitable firmware file in the given directory
Linux
Support for generating a non-fail-safe image for ConnectX/Con-nectX-2, InfiniScale IV, and BridgeX devices
Linux
Component / Tool Description Operating System
History of Changes and New Features
Rev 4.6.0 49Mellanox Technologies
Debug tools Updated the mlxi2c utility Linux
Added the mget_temp utility which reads the temperature of the ConnectX/ConnectX-2, InfiniScale IV, and BridgeX devices
Linux
Component / Tool Description Operating System