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Hi,<br>
<br>
In two weeks delay we publish OFED 1.2-alpha1 on
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.openfabrics.org/builds/ofed-1.2/">http://www.openfabrics.org/builds/ofed-1.2/</a><br>
File: OFED-1.2-alpha1.tgz<br>
BUILD_ID contains info on all packages sources location.<br>
<br>
Please report any issues in bugzilla <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://bugs.openfabrics.org/">https://bugs.openfabrics.org/</a><br>
<br>
Tziporet & Vlad<br>
<br>
<b><u>OS support:</u></b><br>
Novell:<br>
- SLES 9.0 SP3<br>
- SLES10<br>
Redhat:<br>
- Redhat EL4 up4<br>
- Redhat EL5 beta2 (only partially tested)<br>
kernel.org:<br>
- 2.6.20<br>
- 2.6.19<br>
<br>
Note: Redhat EL4 up3, Fedora C4, Fedora C6 and SuSE Pro 10 are not part
of the official list.<br>
We keep the backport patches for these OSes and make sure OFED compile
and loaded properly but will not do full QA cycle.<br>
<br>
<u><b>Systems:</b></u><br>
* x86_64<br>
* x86<br>
* ia64<br>
* ppc64 (have not tested user space)<br>
<br>
<u><b>Main changes from OFED-1.1:</b></u><br>
<ol>
<li>iWRAP is now supported with Chelsio T3<br>
</li>
<li>New kernel modules: VNIC, RDS, Bonding, SA cache, <br>
</li>
<li>New packages: MVAPICH2</li>
<li>IPoIB Connected mode</li>
<li>Multicast join from user space</li>
<li>libibverbs 1.1</li>
<li>OpenSM new routing models: FAT tree routing and Taurus routing</li>
<li>GUI tool for network diagnostic</li>
<li>New MPI releases: MVAPICH: version 0.9.9, Open MPI: version 1.2,
MVAPICH2: version 0.9.8 </li>
</ol>
Detailed list of changes can be found in:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://wiki.openfabrics.org/tiki-index.php?page=OFED+1.2+release+plan+and+features">https://wiki.openfabrics.org/tiki-index.php?page=OFED+1.2+release+plan+and+features</a><br>
<br>
<u><b>Limitations and known issues:</b></u><br>
<ol>
<li>ipath driver compilation fails on all systems, except for kernel
2.6.20</li>
<li>libipathverbs is not working with libibverbs 1.1<br>
</li>
<li>SDP netstat does not available on RHEL5 (due to compilation
errors)<br>
</li>
<li>Routing table problem in SLES10 when using port #2</li>
<li>RDS compiles only on kernel 2.6.18/19/20</li>
<li>MVAPICH2 installation fails on SuSE Pro 10.</li>
<li>mstflint is not working on ppc64</li>
<li>RDS was not tested<br>
</li>
</ol>
<u><b>Missing features that should be completed for the Beta:</b></u><br>
<ol>
<li> Add madeye utility</li>
<li>RDS to support SLES10 and RHEL</li>
</ol>
For details on each module status see:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://wiki.openfabrics.org/tiki-index.php?page=Teleconf+02-12-2007">https://wiki.openfabrics.org/tiki-index.php?page=Teleconf+02-12-2007</a><br>
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