MSTFLINT-4.17.0-1

Notable Changes

• Anti-rollback Protection
  • Enabled Anti-rollback protection to prevent old vulnerable firmware versions from being flashed to the device
• mstlink tool
  • Added support for DSFP modules
• Parallel Firmware Burning (DMA Burning)
  • Added support for parallel firmware burning. Although DMA burning is supported in Virtual Machines as well, burning in such scenarios might be slower than on Physical Machines

User Manual and Release Notes:

MSTFLINT Package - Firmware Burning and Diagnostics Tools User Manual v4.17.0.pdf

Mstflint Tarball:

mstflint-4.17.0-1.tar.gz

Mstflint Kernel Tarball:

kernel-mstflint-4.17.0-1.tar.gz

MSTFLINT-4.16.0-2

Notable Changes

• mstconfig tool
  • fixed database
• fixed several bugs

User Manual and Release Notes:

MSTFLINT Package - Firmware Burning and Diagnostics Tools User Manual v4.16.0.pdf

Mstflint Tarball:

mstflint-4.16.0-2.tar.gz

Mstflint Kernel Tarball:

kernel-mstflint-4.16.0-2.tar.gz

MSTFLINT-4.16.0-1

Notable Changes

• mstlink tool
  • Added support for PCIe eye grade scan
  • Enabled margin scan on Network links
  • [Beta] Enabled remote (PMA) loopback in NRZ, Rx-to-Tx
• mstconfig tool
  • [Beta] Enables Dynamic NIC optimization for better OOB experience
• burning tool
  • [Beta] Added support for LinkX module burning via MFT toolset
• mstprivhost tool
  • Enabled querying the current host configuration using the "q | query" flag

User Manual and Release Notes:

MSTFLINT Package - Firmware Burning and Diagnostics Tools User Manual v4.16.0.pdf

Mstflint Tarball:

mstflint-4.16.0-1.tar.gz

Mstflint Kernel Tarball:

kernel-mstflint-4.16.0-1.tar.gz

MSTFLINT-4.15.0-1

Notable Changes

• New Supported Devices
  • ConnectX-6Lx adapter cards support.
• mstconfig tool
  • QOS ets configuration ConnectX-4 LX 25NIC failed when enabled VFs > 21
  • Network programmability (Dynamic Flex Parse) Packet classification on eCPRI header on receive with DPDK
  • Improved BlueField NVMf Performance when working in 4K block size
  • [BlueField SmartNIC] Support full virtio-net PCI device emulation + Device Hot Plug - BareMetal case GA
  • ConnectX-6 SHARPv2 to achieve line-rate performance
• mstreg tool
  • [software steering, ASAP^2, Connection Tracking] adding DP_HASH support
  • Virtual output Queuing - exposing descriptors
• mstlink tool
  • need mstlink to support TX SerDes set --database at Quantum and Spectrum-2
  • QSFP DD + CMIS
  • mstlink - support for 400G
  • mstlink to enforce PRBS at host-management and/ or multi-host systems
  • mstlink - add support to configure PRBS
  • Read/Write SerDes Tx taps with new SLTP register - mstlink
  • Fix the return bad status of SLTP according to the new return values
• mstfwreset tool
  • handling mstfwreset on SN in different modes
• mstflint tool
  • [Secure Boot][BlueField-2] EFUSE keys burn tool (Arm OS) for RSA Keys and MKEK
  • Support HPCC in CX6Dx
  • Add life cycle, secure boot, recovery indications to the flint query full command
• mstresourcedump tool
  • MSTResoruceDump new tool: Build a dump passer tool for parsing resource dumps

User Manual and Release Notes:

mstflint_User_Manual_v4_15_0-1.pdf

Mstflint Tarball:

mstflint-4.15.0-1.tar.gz

Mstflint Kernel Tarball:

kernel-mstflint-4.15.0-1.tar.gz

MSTFLINT-4.14.0-3

Notable Changes

• New Supported Devices
  • BlueField-2 adapter cards support.
• mstdump tool
  • Fixed an issue that caused mstflint to print garbage messages. To fix the bug, the new kernel module should be recompiled and loaded

User Manual and Release Notes:

mstflint_User_Manual_v4_14_0-3.pdf

Mstflint Tarball:

mstflint-4.14.0-3.tar.gz

Mstflint Kernel Tarball:

kernel-mstflint-4.14.0-3.tar.gz

MSTFLINT-4.14.0-2

Notable Changes

• Supported Devices
  • BlueField-2 adapter cards support.

Mstflint Tarball:

mstflint-4.14.0-2.tar.gz

Mstflint Kernel Tarball:

kernel-mstflint-4.14.0-2.tar.gz

MSTFLINT-4.14.0-1

Notable Changes

• mstresourcedump tool

  • Added support for "--virtual-hca-id" command. Now the tool can provide info on the virtual HCA
    (host channel adapter, NIC) ID.

• mstflint tool

  • New Feature - Enables the user to insert information manually to the flash on components such as MFG/DEV GUID/MAC when no information exists after the burn process using the command
    "mstflint -d \<device\> sg \<guid\>". If the information is not inserted manually, the existing GUID/MAC
    information will be used instead.
  • New Feature - Enables the user to query the MFA2 file using a PSID.

• mstlink tool

  • New Feature - HDR lane rate is now supported when in Pseudorandom Binary Sequence (PRBS) mode.
  • New Feature - Added support for switching between NRZ/PAM4 speeds for new devices that support
    HDR/200G speeds (ConnectX-6, ConnectX-6 Dx, Mellanox Quantum, Mellanox Spectrum 2).

• mstreg tool

  • New Feature - Increased the registry keys the tool supports and now it exposes the full PRM.
    For additional information, refer to the PRM.

• mstconfig tool

  • New Feature - BOOT_INTERRUPT_DIS parameter was added to mlxconfig. When TRUE, legacy interrupts should not be used for receive/transmit indication. Polling should be used instead.
    Note: This is supported only if boot_legacy_interrupt_disable_supported is set to TRUE.

User Manual and Release Notes:

mstflint_User_Manual_v4_14_0-1.pdf

Mstflint Tarball:

mstflint-4.14.0-1.tar.gz

Mstflint Kernel Tarball:

kernel-mstflint-4.14.0-1.tar.gz

MSTFLINT-4.13.3-2

Notable Changes

• Supported Devices

  • ConnectX-6DX adapter cards GA support.

• mstflint tool

  • New feature - Burning MFA2 images. Enables the user to extract (i.e. unzip) 4MB images from MFA2 archive, that matches the device type and device PSIB.
  • New feature - Verifying MFA2 Archive. Enables the user to verify a given MFA2 archive contains the image that matches the given device.

• mstresourcedump tool

  • New mstresourcedump tool added to extracts and prints data segments generated by the firmware. The dump output is used by Mellanox for debug and troubleshooting.

• mstlink tool

  • New feature - Using --json flag formats the output of the tool including all options & commands in JSON format and prints it.

User Manual and Release Notes:

mstflint_User_Manual_v4_13_3-2.pdf

Mstflint Tarball:

mstflint-4.13.3-2.tar.gz

Mstflint Kernel Tarball:

kernel-mstflint-4.13.3-2.tar.gz

MSTFLINT-4.13.3-1

Notable Changes

• Supported Devices

  • ConnectX-6DX adapter cards GA support.

• mstflint tool

  • New feature - Burning MFA2 images. Enables the user to extract (i.e. unzip) 4MB images from MFA2 archive, that matches the device type and device PSIB.
  • New feature - Verifying MFA2 Archive. Enables the user to verify a given MFA2 archive contains the image that matches the given device.

• mstresourcedump tool

  • New mstresourcedump tool added to extracts and prints data segments generated by the firmware. The dump output is used by Mellanox for debug and troubleshooting.

User Manual and Release Notes:

mstflint_User_Manual_v4_13_3.pdf

Mstflint Tarball:

mstflint-4.13.3.tar.gz

Mstflint Kernel Tarball:

kernel-mstflint-4.13.3-1.tar.gz

MSTFLINT-4.13.1-1

Notable Changes

• mstflint tool
  • New feature - Verifying firmware image on a device which operates in livefish mode by comparing it
    with an existing binary firmware file.

User Manual and Release Notes:

mstflint_User_Manual_v4_13_1.pdf

Mstflint Tarball:

mstflint-4.13.1.tar.gz

Mstflint Kernel Tarball:

kernel-mstflint-4.13.1-1.tar.gz