ROCm / ROCm/container-toolkit

[Feature]: Improved Broadcom NIC support

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Description

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Currently, AMD’s official ROCm container images provide limited support for bnxt modules. This has been a friction point for customers who are used to base images working out-of-the-box on the Nvidia side with Mellanox.

Current setup docs:
https://rocm.docs.amd.com/en/latest/how-to/rocm-for-ai/system-setup/multi-node-setup.html

This limits the usability of ROCm base containers for distributed workloads, as users must manually install and configure bnxt drivers or rebuild container images to support RoCE, which can require additional CI work to support different deployments.

We understand that supporting multiple RoCE implementations (Broadcom, etc.) may be non-trivial. However, even partial out-of-the-box support or the ability to select the target version via an ENV would significantly improve the usability and portability of ROCm containers for multi-node workloads.

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First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start with the linked ROCm multi-node setup documentation and trace how the container images currently handle bnxt modules and RoCE support. Done means the issue has a concrete implementation scope that provides Broadcom support out of the box or allows the target version to be selected via an ENV.

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Assessment

Tech stack
go
Domain
infrastructure, networking
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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