[Devel] [PATCH vz10 v2 0/3] Restore ConnectX-3 Pro support dropped by RHEL 10

Konstantin Khorenko khorenko at virtuozzo.com
Wed Sep 16 19:40:58 MSK 2026


On Wed, 16 Sep 2026 17:40:44 +0200, Konstantin Khorenko wrote:
> Restore ConnectX-3 Pro support dropped by RHEL 10
> 
> RHEL 10 removed the mlx4 driver: CONFIG_MLX4_CORE is off on every
> architecture but aarch64, and the whole ConnectX-3 family sits in
> rh_disabled_pci_devices[], so local_pci_probe() answers -EACCES even
> where the driver is built. A host whose only NIC is a ConnectX-3 Pro
> cannot run a release kernel at all, which is what we hit on lab
> equipment.
> 
> [...]

Applied to branch-rh10-6.12.0-211.52.1.20.x.vz10-ovz, will be released in rh10-6.12.0-211.52.1.20.6.vz10, thanks!

[1/3] core: add skip_pci_blacklist option to probe RHEL-disabled devices
      https://bitbucket.org/virtuozzocore/vzkernel.vzs/commits/21daac1489fa
[2/3] core: allow ConnectX-3 Pro to probe, as unmaintained hardware
      https://bitbucket.org/virtuozzocore/vzkernel.vzs/commits/9f4c5028b243
[3/3] configs: build the mlx4 driver, Ethernet and InfiniBand
      https://bitbucket.org/virtuozzocore/vzkernel.vzs/commits/8131c40f82bb

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Konstantin Khorenko <khorenko at virtuozzo.com>



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