> Rupert and the UNH-IOL pointed out that an Interop test which uses the > ib_read_bw (perftest) benchmark fails on Intel True Scale HCAs. > This test was succeeding with RC2, and started failing with RC3. I am sorry > that > our QA team did not find this bug with RC3. > > We have investigated and found that perftest was upgraded from v1.8 to v2.0 > on 11/19/12, between RC3 and RC4. Er, I meant "between RC2 and RC3."
-Tom > We verified that with the qib driver in OFED-3.5 RC4 and the perftest RPM from > RC2, we pass the tests. > We also ran a similar qperf RDMA read test with qperf and qib from RC4 and > that > test passed. > > We are working to isolate the bug and develop a fix. We suspect the perftest > changes, but the ib_read_* benchmarks may just have changed enough to start > checking a part of the spec which hasn't been tested before in Interop tests. > So > it may be a qib driver issue. > > The EWG standard practice is that if a significant bug fix goes in, we would > need > another RC to enable others to easily test it. > But perhaps it depends on whether the bug is in perftest, qib or elsewhere. > In > any case, we don't want a GA build until this issue is solved. > > Regards, > Tom _______________________________________________ ewg mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openfabrics.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ewg
