On 21:49 Mon 21 Aug , Tziporet Koren wrote: > Hi, > > OFED 1.1-RC2 is avilable on > https://openib.org/svn/gen2/branches/1.1/ofed/releases/ > File: OFED-1.1-rc2.tgz
BTW, Why it is necessary to put binary *.tgz files under Subversion? We are not going to change it and not interesting in history tracking. Sasha > Please report any issues in bugzilla http://openib.org/bugzilla/ > > Tziporet & Vlad > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Release details: > ================ > > Build_id: > OFED-1.1-rc2 > > openib-1.1 (REV=9037) > # User space > https://openib.org/svn/gen2/branches/1.1/src/userspace > Git: > ref: refs/heads/ofed_1_1 > commit a13195d7ca0f047f479a58b2a81ff2b796eb8fa4 > > # MPI > mpi_osu-0.9.7-mlx2.2.0.tgz > openmpi-1.1-1.src.rpm > mpitests-2.0-0.src.rpm > > > OS support: > =========== > Novell: > - SLES 9.0 SP3* > - SLES10 (official release)* > Redhat: > - Redhat EL4 up3 > - Redhat EL4 up4* (not supported yet) > kernel.org: > - Kernel 2.6.17* > * Changed from 1.0 release > > Note: Redhat EL4 up2, Fedora C4 and SuSE Pro 10 were dropped from the list. > We keep the backport patches for these OSes and make sure OFED compile and > loaded properly but will not do full QA cycle. > > Systems: > ======== > * x86_64 > * x86 > * ia64 > * ppc64 > > Main changes from OFED-1.1-rc1: > =============================== > 1. ipath driver: > - Compilation pass on all systems, except SLES9 SP3. > - See list of changes in the ipath driver at the end > 2. SDP: > - Fixed issue with 32 bit systems run out of low memory when opening > hundreds of sockets. > - Added out of band and message peek support; telnet and ftp are now > working > 3. SRP - a new srp_daemon was added - see explanation at the end > 4. IPoIB: High availability support using a daemon in user level. > Daemon is located under /userspace/ipoibtools/. See explanation at the end. > 5. Added Madeye utility > 6. Added verbs fork support. Should work from kernel 2.6.16 > 7. Fatal error support in mthca > 8. iSER support in install script for SLES 10 was fixed > 9. Diagnostic tools does not requires opensm installation. > For this the following changes were done to opensm RPM: > opensm-devel was removed > New packages were added: > libosmcomp > libosmcomp-devel > libosmvendor > libosmvendor-devel > libopensm > libopensm-devel > 10. bug fixes: > - SRP: Add local_ib_device/local_ib_port attributes to srp scsi_host > - mthca: fence bit supported; fixed deadlock in destroy qp > - ipoib: connectivity lost on sm lid change > - OSM: fix to work with Cisco stack > > > Limitations and known issues: > ============================= > 1. SDP: For Mellanox Sinai HCAs one must use latest FW version (1.1.000). > 2. SDP: Get peer name is not working properly > 3. SDP: Scalability issue when many connections are opened > 4. ipath driver does not compile on SLES9 SP3 > 5. RHEL4 up4 is not supported due to problems in the backport patches. > > > Missing features that should be completed for RC3: > ================================================== > 1. Core: Huge pages fix > 2. IPoIB high availability does not support multicast groups > 3. Support RHEL4 up4 > > Changes in the ipath driver: > ============================ > * lock resource limit counters correctly > * fix for crash on module unload, if cfgports < portcnt > * fix handling of kpiobufs > * drop requirement that PIO buffers be mmaped write-only > * merge ipath_core and ib_ipath drivers > * simplify layering code > * simplify debugging code after ipath_core and ib_ipath merger > * remove stale references to userspace SMA > * More changes to support InfiniPath on PowerPC 970 systems. > * add new minor device to allow sending of diag packets > * do not allow use of CQ entries with invalid counts > * account for attached QPs correctly > * support new QLogic product naming scheme > * add serial number to hardware freeze error message > * be more strict about testing the modify QP verb > * validate path_mig_state properly > * put a limit on the number of QPs that can be created > * handle sq_sig_all field correctly > * allow SMA to be disabled > * fix return value from ipath_poll > * print warning if LID not acquired within one minute > * allow direct control of Rx polarity inversion > > srp_daemon explanation: > ======================= > srp_daemon is a tool that identifies SRP targets in the fabric. > > Each srp_daemon instance is operating on one port. > On boot it performs a full rescan of the fabric and waits to srp_daemon > events: > - a join of a new target to the fabric > - a change in the capabilities of a machine that becomes a target > - an SA change > - an expiration of a predefined timeout > > When there is an SA change or a timeout expiration srp_daemon perform a full > rescan of the fabric. > > for each target srp_daemon finds, it checks if it is already connected to > that port, if it is not connected, srp_daemon can either print the target > details or connect to it. > > Run srp_daemon -h for usage. > > > IPoIB HA daemon: > ================ > The IPoIB HA daemon can be configured in /etc/infiniband/openib.conf file: > > # Enable IPoIB High Availability daemon > IPOIBHA_ENABLE=yes > # PRIMARY_IPOIB_DEV=ib0 > # BACKUP_IPOIB_DEV=ib1 > > The default for PRIMARY_IPOIB_DEV is ib0 and for BACKUP_IPOIB_DEV is ib1. > > > > _______________________________________________ > openfabrics-ewg mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openfabrics-ewg > _______________________________________________ openib-general mailing list [email protected] http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general To unsubscribe, please visit http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general
