mellanox driver installation script and other misc changes

hpc/admin/setup-debian.sh

@@ -1,12 +1,16 @@
 #!/bin/bash
+
 export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 apt update
 apt upgrade -y
 apt install -y --no-install-recommends \
   autoconf \
+  build-essential \
   bzip2 \
   environment-modules \
+  gawk \
   gcc \
+  git \
   make \
   perl \
   python3 \

hpc/admin/setup-rhel.sh

@@ -1,10 +1,15 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-dnf -y up
-dnf -y install \
+
+dnf up -y
+dnf install -y \
   autoconf \
   bzip2 \
   environment-modules \
+  gawk \
   gcc \
+  gcc-c++ \
+  git \
+  glibc-devel \
   make \
   perl \
   python3 \

hpc/libraries/gcc-build.sh

@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 #!/bin/bash
+
 GCC_VER=12.3.0
 INSTALL_DIR=/opt/libraries/gcc-${GCC_VER}
 
 BUILD_DIR=/tmp/_build_$(date +'%Y%m%d%H%M%S')
 CWD=${PWD}
-cd ${BUILD_DIR}
+mkdir ${BUILD_DIR} && cd $_
 
 NUM_PROCS=$(nproc)
 PROCS_TO_USE=$(expr $NUM_PROCS \* 3 / 2)  # use 1.5 times as the build is heavily io bound

hpc/network/mellanox.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# login as root, and run: bash mellanox.sh
+# download mellanox driver from https://network.nvidia.com/products/infiniband-drivers/linux/mlnx_ofed/
+# tested on AlmaLinux 9.3
+
+yum install -y \
+  autoconf \
+  automake \
+  cpio \
+  ethtool \
+  fuse-libs \
+  gcc-gfortran \
+  kernel \
+  kernel-devel \
+  kernel-modules-extra \
+  kernel-rpm-macros \
+  libnl3 \
+  libtool \
+  libusbx \
+  lsof \
+  numactl-libs \
+  patch \
+  pciutils \
+  python3-devel \
+  rpm-build \
+  tcsh \
+  tk
+
+KERNEL=( $(rpm -q kernel | sed 's/kernel\-//g') )
+KERNEL=${KERNEL[-1]}
+
+tar -xf MLNX_OFED_LINUX-5.8-4.1.5.0-rhel9.3-x86_64.tgz
+./MLNX_OFED_LINUX-5.8-4.1.5.0-rhel9.3-x86_64/mlnxofedinstall --kernel $KERNEL --kernel-sources /usr/src/kernels/${KERNEL} --add-kernel-support --skip-repo