Hi valpenguin,
Regarding the first one - Yes, that would be the Mellanox driver for all Mellanox cards (one driver fits all ;-)
Regarding the seconds one - that is i guess a general term to represent all kind of HW offload engines. if that is so.. then you need to understand that the HW is doing most of the offloading work (and the driver supports that).
Since you have a relatively old card, some of the offload functions may not be available but i am sure some others will work and you will notice the benefit. give it a try.
With the next Mellanox HCA generation (ConnectX/2/3) all modern staff is there, out of the box.
Good luck with your project.
