Check major version for RL8 package installs

Author: MoteHue

ansible/roles/ofed/defaults/main.yml

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ ofed_version: '24.04-0.6.6.0'  # LTS version 23.10-2.1.3.1 does not support RL9.
 ofed_download_url: https://content.mellanox.com/ofed/MLNX_OFED-{{ ofed_version }}/MLNX_OFED_LINUX-{{ ofed_version }}-{{ ofed_distro }}{{ ofed_distro_version }}-{{ ofed_arch }}.tgz
 ofed_distro: rhel # NB: not expected to work on other distros due to installation differences
 ofed_distro_version: "{{ ansible_distribution_version }}" # e.g. '8.9'
+ofed_distro_major_version: "{{ ansible_distribution_major_version }}" # e.g. '8'
 ofed_arch: "{{ ansible_architecture }}"
 ofed_tmp_dir: /tmp
 ofed_update_firmware: false

ansible/roles/ofed/tasks/install.yml

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 
 - name: Install build prerequisites
   dnf:
-    name: "{{ ofed_build_packages + (ofed_build_rl8_packages if ofed_distro_version == '8.9' else []) }}"
+    name: "{{ ofed_build_packages + (ofed_build_rl8_packages if ofed_distro_major_version == '8' else []) }}"
   when: "'MLNX_OFED_LINUX-' + ofed_version not in _ofed_info.stdout"
   # don't want to install a load of prereqs unnecessarily