enabling mellanox and lustre builds from source with a fresh kernel modification

roles/buildLustreClient/defaults/main.yml

+---
+lustreVersion: v2_13_55

roles/buildLustreClient/tasks/main.yml

+---
+# see documentation at https://sites.google.com/a/monash.edu/hpc-services/work-instructions/system-configuration/lustre/compile-lustre-client-from-source
+
+- name: get lustre sources for latest tags see https://git.whamcloud.com/?p=fs/lustre-release.git;a=summary
+  git:
+    repo: git://git.whamcloud.com/fs/lustre-release.git
+    dest: /tmp/lustre-release
+    version: "{{ lustreVersion }}"
+  #command: git clone git://git.whamcloud.com/fs/lustre-release.git -b v2_12_5
+   # chdir: /tmp/lustre-release
+  #  creates: /tmp/lustre-release
+
+#- name: get a magic patch
+#    command: git fetch https://review.whamcloud.com/fs/lustre-release refs/changes/67/32267/1 && git checkout FETCH_HEAD
+#    chdir: /tmp/lustre-release
+- name: install dependencies
+  package: #libelf-dev, libelf-devel or elfutils-libelf-devel
+    name:
+      - libyaml
+      - libyaml-devel
+      - libtool
+      - elfutils-libelf-devel
+      - libselinux-devel
+      #- kernel-rpm-macros #centos8.2
+      - kernel-abi-whitelists
+    state: present
+  become: true
+  when: ansible_os_family == 'RedHat'
+
+- name: autogen
+  command:
+    cmd: '/bin/sh ./autogen.sh'
+    chdir: /tmp/lustre-release
+
+- name: configure
+  command:
+    cmd: './configure --disable-server --with-o2ib=/usr/src/ofa_kernel/default'
+    chdir: /tmp/lustre-release
+
+- name: make
+  make:
+    chdir: /tmp/lustre-release
+    params:
+      NUM_THREADS: 6
+#- name: make rpms
+#    command: make rpms
+#    chdir: /tmp/lustre-release
+- name: make rpms
+  make:
+    target: rpms
+    chdir: /tmp/lustre-release

roles/mellanox_drivers/defaults/main.yml

@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@
 #MELLANOX_DRIVER_SRC: "{% if ansible_os_family == 'RedHat'  %}MLNX_OFED_LINUX-4.4-1.0.0.0-rhel7.4-x86_64{% elif ansible_os_family == 'Debian' %}MLNX_OFED_LINUX-3.1-1.0.3-ubuntu14.04-x86_64{% endif %}"
 #MELLANOX_DRIVER_SRC: "{% if ansible_os_family == 'RedHat'  %}MLNX_OFED_LINUX-4.5-1.0.1.0-rhel7.6-x86_64{% elif ansible_os_family == 'Debian' %}MLNX_OFED_LINUX-3.1-1.0.3-ubuntu14.04-x86_64{% endif %}"
 MELLANOX_DRIVER_SRC: "{% if ansible_os_family == 'RedHat'  %}MLNX_OFED_LINUX-4.7-3.2.9.0-rhel7.7-x86_64{% elif ansible_os_family == 'Debian' %}MLNX_OFED_LINUX-3.1-1.0.3-ubuntu14.04-x86_64{% endif %}"
+buildKMOD: False
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roles/mellanox_drivers/tasks/main.yml

@@ -111,7 +111,15 @@
     chdir: "/tmp/{{ MELLANOX_DRIVER_SRC }}"
   become: true
   become_user: root
-  when: install_now
+  when: install_now and buildKMOD!=True
+  
+- name: install drivers
+  shell: ./mlnxofedinstall -q --skip-repo --without-fw-update --add-kernel-support --hpc --kmp --all
+  args:
+    chdir: "/tmp/{{ MELLANOX_DRIVER_SRC }}"
+  become: true
+  become_user: root
+  when: install_now and buildKMOD==True
 
 #- name: install ofa_kernel  # this will be installed by mlnxofedinstall
 #  yum: