How To Install libibverbs on Fedora 34

libibverbs is A library and drivers for direct userspace use of RDMA (InfiniBand/iWARP/RoCE) hardware A library and drivers for direct userspace use of RDMA (InfiniBand/iWARP/RoCE) hardware

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libibverbs on Fedora 34.

What is `libibverbs`

libibverbs is a library that allows userspace processes to use RDMA “verbs” as described in the InfiniBand Architecture Specification and the RDMA Protocol Verbs Specification. This includes direct hardware access from userspace to InfiniBand/iWARP adapters (kernel bypass) for fast path operations. Device-specific plug-in ibverbs userspace drivers are included - libcxgb4 - libefa - libhfi1 - libhns - libi40iw - libipathverbs - libmlx4 - libmlx5 - libmthca - libocrdma - libqedr - librxe - libsiw - libvmw_pvrdma libibverbs 36.0 1.fc34 x86_64 354 k rdma-core-36.0-1.fc34.src.rpm updates A library and drivers for direct userspace use of RDMA (InfiniBand/iWARP/RoCE) hardware https GPLv2 or BSD libibverbs is a library that allows userspace processes to use RDMA “verbs” as described in the InfiniBand Architecture Specification and the RDMA Protocol Verbs Specification. This includes direct hardware access from userspace to InfiniBand/iWARP adapters (kernel bypass) for fast path operations. Device-specific plug-in ibverbs userspace drivers are included - libcxgb4 - libefa - libhfi1 - libhns - libi40iw - libipathverbs - libmlx4 - libmlx5 - libmthca - libocrdma - libqedr - librxe - libsiw - libvmw_pvrdma

We can use yum or dnf to install libibverbs on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libibverbs.

Install libibverbs on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install libibverbs using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libibverbs

Install libibverbs on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install libibverbs using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libibverbs

How To Uninstall libibverbs on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the libibverbs package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libibverbs

libibverbs Package Contents on Fedora 34

/etc/libibverbs.d
/etc/libibverbs.d/bnxt_re.driver
/etc/libibverbs.d/cxgb4.driver
/etc/libibverbs.d/efa.driver
/etc/libibverbs.d/hfi1verbs.driver
/etc/libibverbs.d/hns.driver
/etc/libibverbs.d/i40iw.driver
/etc/libibverbs.d/ipathverbs.driver
/etc/libibverbs.d/mlx4.driver
/etc/libibverbs.d/mlx5.driver
/etc/libibverbs.d/mthca.driver
/etc/libibverbs.d/ocrdma.driver
/etc/libibverbs.d/qedr.driver
/etc/libibverbs.d/rxe.driver
/etc/libibverbs.d/siw.driver
/etc/libibverbs.d/vmw_pvrdma.driver
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/07
/usr/lib/.build-id/07/19956598ea86185112a1ca862099cc9d0e1741
/usr/lib/.build-id/16
/usr/lib/.build-id/16/cfdcc98914e8ab3e3e9851be4e3e34ae28b79d
/usr/lib/.build-id/17
/usr/lib/.build-id/17/d086a6d13023ec9cfd18607e8c48d8e49d289e
/usr/lib/.build-id/1b/eeb092d358c2597b90c442d9a100e74e0445a1
/usr/lib/.build-id/1d
/usr/lib/.build-id/1d/d2f114c54bd19dc4cfa92cc5274448f6fd71c3
/usr/lib/.build-id/25
/usr/lib/.build-id/25/ec8af2e7e7868c2a74fa979c31e875fc99437d
/usr/lib/.build-id/3d
/usr/lib/.build-id/3d/49e01582ff1541cf4bde2d0aaef3c97aabcc8e
/usr/lib/.build-id/5f
/usr/lib/.build-id/5f/978cd5bf70b520c9bebabdcc13194e60284d01
/usr/lib/.build-id/5f/c880661a54bbc53f33e98838e46f897d53f039
/usr/lib/.build-id/62
/usr/lib/.build-id/62/914d5235b25fbddbbb543a863cd0944ed75a6c
/usr/lib/.build-id/7b
/usr/lib/.build-id/7b/bbffe80b20c6e7c4ee1cbf243f7b2b005e8c29
/usr/lib/.build-id/90
/usr/lib/.build-id/90/57432f7ceeeeebde38a9ad63aa8525aec6beb4
/usr/lib/.build-id/a0/fb3f8a92fced9380b3b0767261284586bfd1e9
/usr/lib/.build-id/ac
/usr/lib/.build-id/ac/48a783cd012857501e09c3041243bbdecc7a10
/usr/lib/.build-id/c7
/usr/lib/.build-id/c7/d3bfc8b15a54ed7655cafb08dbeb124119343f
/usr/lib/.build-id/cc
/usr/lib/.build-id/cc/ea2246e75b1a648371ef8139fb16d72685d0fc
/usr/lib/libefa.so.1
/usr/lib/libefa.so.1.1.36.0
/usr/lib/libibverbs
/usr/lib/libibverbs.so.1
/usr/lib/libibverbs.so.1.14.36.0
/usr/lib/libibverbs/libbnxt_re-rdmav34.so
/usr/lib/libibverbs/libcxgb4-rdmav34.so
/usr/lib/libibverbs/libefa-rdmav34.so
/usr/lib/libibverbs/libhfi1verbs-rdmav34.so
/usr/lib/libibverbs/libhns-rdmav34.so
/usr/lib/libibverbs/libi40iw-rdmav34.so
/usr/lib/libibverbs/libipathverbs-rdmav34.so
/usr/lib/libibverbs/libmlx4-rdmav34.so
/usr/lib/libibverbs/libmlx5-rdmav34.so
/usr/lib/libibverbs/libmthca-rdmav34.so
/usr/lib/libibverbs/libocrdma-rdmav34.so
/usr/lib/libibverbs/libqedr-rdmav34.so
/usr/lib/libibverbs/librxe-rdmav34.so
/usr/lib/libibverbs/libsiw-rdmav34.so
/usr/lib/libibverbs/libvmw_pvrdma-rdmav34.so
/usr/lib/libmlx4.so.1
/usr/lib/libmlx4.so.1.0.36.0
/usr/lib/libmlx5.so.1
/usr/lib/libmlx5.so.1.20.36.0
/usr/share/doc/rdma-core/libibverbs.md
/etc/libibverbs.d
/etc/libibverbs.d/bnxt_re.driver
/etc/libibverbs.d/cxgb4.driver
/etc/libibverbs.d/efa.driver
/etc/libibverbs.d/hfi1verbs.driver
/etc/libibverbs.d/hns.driver
/etc/libibverbs.d/i40iw.driver
/etc/libibverbs.d/ipathverbs.driver
/etc/libibverbs.d/mlx4.driver
/etc/libibverbs.d/mlx5.driver
/etc/libibverbs.d/mthca.driver
/etc/libibverbs.d/ocrdma.driver
/etc/libibverbs.d/qedr.driver
/etc/libibverbs.d/rxe.driver
/etc/libibverbs.d/siw.driver
/etc/libibverbs.d/vmw_pvrdma.driver
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0f
/usr/lib/.build-id/0f/4aed16c5c806638ff0bff371b4f0f24866e4f2
/usr/lib/.build-id/1e
/usr/lib/.build-id/1e/8b42f268f6e6d374b7c95ae8bb4b495a0cd164
/usr/lib/.build-id/2b
/usr/lib/.build-id/2b/d0fead9dbaccc5b33f49a4ee7efe3cd063210d
/usr/lib/.build-id/37
/usr/lib/.build-id/37/b2b083b306c7c59a3534014d2cfaa7e1c4fe21
/usr/lib/.build-id/38
/usr/lib/.build-id/38/55a10d0b941c9a2bcf3602aba2f8305c473194
/usr/lib/.build-id/58
/usr/lib/.build-id/58/4e36714e3023faa5fb7ba86a243bbad92e6cd6
/usr/lib/.build-id/64
/usr/lib/.build-id/64/147383411fac95c95e5eae783ec866945aa687
/usr/lib/.build-id/7d
/usr/lib/.build-id/7d/d9190d48b288140b97006422360a6470fa5338
/usr/lib/.build-id/94/d1d8080a6c3a11a96b73fc946a037e426e5133
/usr/lib/.build-id/99
/usr/lib/.build-id/99/c40b4444239db666bdfaf9699d15bc8d596466
/usr/lib/.build-id/af
/usr/lib/.build-id/af/27533a2ff8511ad2cf3eb28ffff6802ebf9c1b
/usr/lib/.build-id/b0
/usr/lib/.build-id/b0/133bd2ab20c70a29dc077a6725715ec83095b1
/usr/lib/.build-id/c7
/usr/lib/.build-id/c7/3d234fa3aaebfd9f0c512b55f3f2f15eb645d6
/usr/lib/.build-id/d8
/usr/lib/.build-id/d8/d33927517c1ad49ac2cac10b11227d194b270b
/usr/lib/.build-id/e0
/usr/lib/.build-id/e0/dad004d1f41dab03daa6a49120120432790340
/usr/lib/.build-id/f3/666e64a6bc751299b6963e871cf58a52cea4cb
/usr/lib64/libefa.so.1
/usr/lib64/libefa.so.1.1.36.0
/usr/lib64/libibverbs
/usr/lib64/libibverbs.so.1
/usr/lib64/libibverbs.so.1.14.36.0
/usr/lib64/libibverbs/libbnxt_re-rdmav34.so
/usr/lib64/libibverbs/libcxgb4-rdmav34.so
/usr/lib64/libibverbs/libefa-rdmav34.so
/usr/lib64/libibverbs/libhfi1verbs-rdmav34.so
/usr/lib64/libibverbs/libhns-rdmav34.so
/usr/lib64/libibverbs/libi40iw-rdmav34.so
/usr/lib64/libibverbs/libipathverbs-rdmav34.so
/usr/lib64/libibverbs/libmlx4-rdmav34.so
/usr/lib64/libibverbs/libmlx5-rdmav34.so
/usr/lib64/libibverbs/libmthca-rdmav34.so
/usr/lib64/libibverbs/libocrdma-rdmav34.so
/usr/lib64/libibverbs/libqedr-rdmav34.so
/usr/lib64/libibverbs/librxe-rdmav34.so
/usr/lib64/libibverbs/libsiw-rdmav34.so
/usr/lib64/libibverbs/libvmw_pvrdma-rdmav34.so
/usr/lib64/libmlx4.so.1
/usr/lib64/libmlx4.so.1.0.36.0
/usr/lib64/libmlx5.so.1
/usr/lib64/libmlx5.so.1.20.36.0
/usr/share/doc/rdma-core/libibverbs.md
/etc/libibverbs.d
/etc/libibverbs.d/bnxt_re.driver
/etc/libibverbs.d/cxgb4.driver
/etc/libibverbs.d/efa.driver
/etc/libibverbs.d/hfi1verbs.driver
/etc/libibverbs.d/hns.driver
/etc/libibverbs.d/i40iw.driver
/etc/libibverbs.d/ipathverbs.driver
/etc/libibverbs.d/mlx4.driver
/etc/libibverbs.d/mlx5.driver
/etc/libibverbs.d/mthca.driver
/etc/libibverbs.d/ocrdma.driver
/etc/libibverbs.d/qedr.driver
/etc/libibverbs.d/rxe.driver
/etc/libibverbs.d/siw.driver
/etc/libibverbs.d/vmw_pvrdma.driver
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0f
/usr/lib/.build-id/0f/f3364ede8fa3a78b70c8a678d3634b68bc82ca
/usr/lib/.build-id/10
/usr/lib/.build-id/10/ba505333841797ae4f93bb3c718d66e7b2cbc7
/usr/lib/.build-id/1e
/usr/lib/.build-id/1e/a78e3b5173ec805daca275617cbab0ee204cd1
/usr/lib/.build-id/2e
/usr/lib/.build-id/2e/848f51709a9b3e933c66eef3f0dd956478afb9
/usr/lib/.build-id/45
/usr/lib/.build-id/45/38931d85607861da3ef06465f9311d72436e3e
/usr/lib/.build-id/48/0c0a2bc01122ba0f763918449f6b760cfd704a
/usr/lib/.build-id/7b
/usr/lib/.build-id/7b/cbd944a51b12ac00901405050f5662ae31c605
/usr/lib/.build-id/8d
/usr/lib/.build-id/8d/aa66949292585153362b6282aaa01c22740322
/usr/lib/.build-id/92
/usr/lib/.build-id/92/3c12cca1b5d9a61765838d15fbb1e56c21b0cb
/usr/lib/.build-id/96
/usr/lib/.build-id/96/0efa3a13fce60a3cc03363cc65e8c2ea0e39dc
/usr/lib/.build-id/a4
/usr/lib/.build-id/a4/23752832cff7c379fae1038a9a479d725a8ecf
/usr/lib/.build-id/c0
/usr/lib/.build-id/c0/309863153db900f0aa147c00decd3b5f6725f5
/usr/lib/.build-id/c8
/usr/lib/.build-id/c8/75247350ffc9749520ad5aa06db741cfc5a82b
/usr/lib/.build-id/dc
/usr/lib/.build-id/dc/52d461b8a0d82c8377b9be95b5709554934359
/usr/lib/.build-id/e6
/usr/lib/.build-id/e6/c464a8150362bef36a27c950d46886c5be9ba0
/usr/lib/.build-id/e8
/usr/lib/.build-id/e8/6ac1c3ec8e76908aa7565a0147390a7aae6846
/usr/lib/libefa.so.1
/usr/lib/libefa.so.1.1.34.0
/usr/lib/libibverbs
/usr/lib/libibverbs.so.1
/usr/lib/libibverbs.so.1.12.34.0
/usr/lib/libibverbs/libbnxt_re-rdmav34.so
/usr/lib/libibverbs/libcxgb4-rdmav34.so
/usr/lib/libibverbs/libefa-rdmav34.so
/usr/lib/libibverbs/libhfi1verbs-rdmav34.so
/usr/lib/libibverbs/libhns-rdmav34.so
/usr/lib/libibverbs/libi40iw-rdmav34.so
/usr/lib/libibverbs/libipathverbs-rdmav34.so
/usr/lib/libibverbs/libmlx4-rdmav34.so
/usr/lib/libibverbs/libmlx5-rdmav34.so
/usr/lib/libibverbs/libmthca-rdmav34.so
/usr/lib/libibverbs/libocrdma-rdmav34.so
/usr/lib/libibverbs/libqedr-rdmav34.so
/usr/lib/libibverbs/librxe-rdmav34.so
/usr/lib/libibverbs/libsiw-rdmav34.so
/usr/lib/libibverbs/libvmw_pvrdma-rdmav34.so
/usr/lib/libmlx4.so.1
/usr/lib/libmlx4.so.1.0.34.0
/usr/lib/libmlx5.so.1
/usr/lib/libmlx5.so.1.18.34.0
/usr/share/doc/rdma-core/libibverbs.md
/etc/libibverbs.d
/etc/libibverbs.d/bnxt_re.driver
/etc/libibverbs.d/cxgb4.driver
/etc/libibverbs.d/efa.driver
/etc/libibverbs.d/hfi1verbs.driver
/etc/libibverbs.d/hns.driver
/etc/libibverbs.d/i40iw.driver
/etc/libibverbs.d/ipathverbs.driver
/etc/libibverbs.d/mlx4.driver
/etc/libibverbs.d/mlx5.driver
/etc/libibverbs.d/mthca.driver
/etc/libibverbs.d/ocrdma.driver
/etc/libibverbs.d/qedr.driver
/etc/libibverbs.d/rxe.driver
/etc/libibverbs.d/siw.driver
/etc/libibverbs.d/vmw_pvrdma.driver
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/17
/usr/lib/.build-id/17/f95151b955b4d09d78172e541a16c71757e53f
/usr/lib/.build-id/21
/usr/lib/.build-id/21/bfae2faae88fefbc056da5db7836bec6441ece
/usr/lib/.build-id/26/783f46fc8235ce6826db6e90c9679b33be6b9e
/usr/lib/.build-id/34
/usr/lib/.build-id/34/48966e937cb3e44803745edf5ceea87c7aec98
/usr/lib/.build-id/35/0039dc42d4a4ca37409eb7cd82baf1983fb5db
/usr/lib/.build-id/52
/usr/lib/.build-id/52/4ccb73b86b784ed7ed1cc34284c75d6dc37aa5
/usr/lib/.build-id/6a
/usr/lib/.build-id/6a/4ec250862dd4257dc533ad81321ac7d72a1200
/usr/lib/.build-id/6d
/usr/lib/.build-id/6d/b07f31c02c124f2489cdfec691a057c2447a22
/usr/lib/.build-id/72
/usr/lib/.build-id/72/c40f79b7932dd40258cba7204c69f5c1cf1b34
/usr/lib/.build-id/74
/usr/lib/.build-id/74/907345bf70ca80744f5c5a32368661bf40b335
/usr/lib/.build-id/91
/usr/lib/.build-id/91/9b6e719b068f66f2e3d267597a640a9d9de70e
/usr/lib/.build-id/aa
/usr/lib/.build-id/aa/a582be57738f2a60589125a30d837a64bd06d9
/usr/lib/.build-id/ad
/usr/lib/.build-id/ad/c3c16bcc53e09182164a32fa9efce87eaf6aac
/usr/lib/.build-id/ba
/usr/lib/.build-id/ba/fdf3056afd1cbf1fef6d48bff78f2c08168598
/usr/lib/.build-id/c8/8f8ae93a40ad7158801e1cb9f8fddde6310cc7
/usr/lib/.build-id/f7
/usr/lib/.build-id/f7/da7bbc64e3cd18f3f2a3e5fa90b6d2ef19b193
/usr/lib64/libefa.so.1
/usr/lib64/libefa.so.1.1.34.0
/usr/lib64/libibverbs
/usr/lib64/libibverbs.so.1
/usr/lib64/libibverbs.so.1.12.34.0
/usr/lib64/libibverbs/libbnxt_re-rdmav34.so
/usr/lib64/libibverbs/libcxgb4-rdmav34.so
/usr/lib64/libibverbs/libefa-rdmav34.so
/usr/lib64/libibverbs/libhfi1verbs-rdmav34.so
/usr/lib64/libibverbs/libhns-rdmav34.so
/usr/lib64/libibverbs/libi40iw-rdmav34.so
/usr/lib64/libibverbs/libipathverbs-rdmav34.so
/usr/lib64/libibverbs/libmlx4-rdmav34.so
/usr/lib64/libibverbs/libmlx5-rdmav34.so
/usr/lib64/libibverbs/libmthca-rdmav34.so
/usr/lib64/libibverbs/libocrdma-rdmav34.so
/usr/lib64/libibverbs/libqedr-rdmav34.so
/usr/lib64/libibverbs/librxe-rdmav34.so
/usr/lib64/libibverbs/libsiw-rdmav34.so
/usr/lib64/libibverbs/libvmw_pvrdma-rdmav34.so
/usr/lib64/libmlx4.so.1
/usr/lib64/libmlx4.so.1.0.34.0
/usr/lib64/libmlx5.so.1
/usr/lib64/libmlx5.so.1.18.34.0
/usr/share/doc/rdma-core/libibverbs.md

References

[libibverbs website](https://github.com/linux-rdma/rdma-core https://github.com/linux-rdma/rdma-core)

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libibverbs on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.