[openfabrics-ewg] OFED-1.1-rc4 is ready

[Betsy Zeller]

The change between RC3 and RC4 to the newer implementation of verbs was
a large change to go into the last release candidate. Amongst other
things, the ibv_driver_init function was changed to openib_driver_init.
Consequently, the QLogic user verbs support will no longer even compile.
Given the pushback on simpler changes earlier in the release cycle, this
is kind of a nasty surprise.

We can send in a patch for the QLogic driver, but clearly an RC5, and
quite a bit more testing  are going to be required. 

Vlad, when do you plan to turn around RC5?

- Betsy

On Tue, 2006-09-12 at 18:14 +0300, vlad at dev.mellanox.co.il wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> OFED-1.1-rc4 is available on
> https://openib.org/svn/gen2/branches/1.1/ofed/releases/
> File: OFED-1.1-rc4.tgz
> Please report any issues in bugzilla http://openib.org/bugzilla/
> 
> Schedule reminder:
> ==================
> Next milestone:
> Final release is planed for Sep-20.
> 
> Owners - please update release notes for final release not later then
> Sep-18.
> 
> 
> Tziporet & Vlad
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> -------------
> 
> Release details:
> ================
> Build_id:
> OFED-1.1-rc4
> 
> openib-1.1 (REV=9435)
> # User space
> https://openib.org/svn/gen2/branches/1.1/src/userspace
> Git: git://www.mellanox.co.il/~git/infiniband
> ref: refs/heads/ofed_1_1
> commit 796b6cb83392fd840549e3b6e559dfce022a2c49
> 
> # MPI
> mpi_osu-0.9.7-mlx2.2.0.tgz
> openmpi-1.1.1-1.src.rpm
> mpitests-2.0-0.src.rpm
> 
> OS support:
> ===========
> Novell:
>      - SLES 9.0 SP3
>      - SLES10
> Redhat:
>      - Redhat EL4 up3
> 
>      - Redhat EL4 up4
> kernel.org:
>      - Kernel 2.6.17
> 
> 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.
> 
> Note: Kernel components were updated to 2.6.18-rc6
> 
> Systems:
> ========
>      * x86_64
>      * x86
>      * ia64
>      * ppc64
> 
> Bug fixes from OFED-1.1-rc3:
> ============================
>  1. SDP: Data corruption fix
>  2. libibverbs was reverted to 1.0 version (bug 219)
>  3. libsdp: TCP_RR fix
>  4. Compilation on kernel 2.6.18-rcX is failing
>  5. OSU MPI: fix failure in Intel tests
>  6. SRP: Kernel oops in case of port down
>  7. ib_uverbs fails to load on ia64 (bug 222)
>  8. IPoIB: Spinlock corruption in stress tests
>  9. Added srp_daemon service, enable from /etc/infiniband/openib.conf
> 10. mthca.so not properly linked to libibverbs (bug 223)
> 11. ipath compilation problem on SLES10 (bug 226)
> 12. problem with MPI: Get_processor_name on MVAPICH (bug 226)
> 13. Add an option to renice the ib_mad thread to highest priority. Enable
> from /etc/infiniband/openib.conf (workarouund for bug 229)
> 14. Update for ehca driver
> 15. Update for ipath driver
> 16. Madaye installation using OPENIB_PARAMS. To build madeye run:
>     export OPENIB_PARAMS="--with-madeye-mod" (or put it into ofed.conf file
>     for unattended installation) and run install.sh
> 17. OFED sources: Added kernel include files under:
> <prefix/src/openib/include>.
>     Can be used by kerenl modules, and already include the backport
> pathces for each kernel.
> 18. ibutils - updated with new flags (-P, -pc and -pm)
> 19. SDP: RTU packet is lost Accept call blocks even if client connected.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Limitations and known issues:
> =============================
> 1. SDP: For Mellanox Sinai HCAs one must use latest FW version (1.1.000).
> 2. SDP: Scalability issue when hundreds of connections are opened
> 3. ipath driver is not supported on SLES9 SP3
> 4. ehca driver supports only PPC machines and compiled on kernel 2.6.18
> 5. OFED installation fails on PPC64 with SLES9.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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