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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#333399" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333399'>Hi,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333399'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#333399" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333399'>The rc2 installations
on SLES10 x86 and SLES 10 x86_64 were fine.  On RHEL 5 x86_64, I received the
following error during the installation.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333399'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#333399" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333399'>error: Failed
dependencies:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#333399" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333399'>       
librdmacm.so is needed by dapl-1.2.1-0.x86_64<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#333399" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333399'>       
librdmacm.so(RDMACM_1.0) is needed by dapl-1.2.1-0.x86_64<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333399'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#333399" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333399'>Attached is the log
file.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Etta<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
ewg-bounces@lists.openfabrics.org [mailto:ewg-bounces@lists.openfabrics.org] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Tziporet Koren<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, April 18, 2007
10:01 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> ewg@lists.openfabrics.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Cc:</span></b> general@lists.openfabrics.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [ewg] OFED 1.2 rc2 release</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Hi,
</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>OFED
1.2-RC1 is available on  </span></font><a
href="http://www.openfabrics.org/builds/ofed-1.2/"><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>http://www.openfabrics.org/builds/ofed-1.2/</span></font></a>
<br>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>File:
OFED-1.2-rc2.tgz </span></font><br>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>To get
BUILD_ID run ofed_info </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Please
report any issues in bugzilla </span></font><a
href="https://bugs.openfabrics.org/"><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>https://bugs.openfabrics.org/</span></font></a>
<o:p></o:p></p>

<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>RC3
due date is 26-April </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Tziporet
& Vlad </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>====================================================================================
</span></font><br>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Release
information: </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>OS
support: </span></font><br>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Novell:
</span></font><br>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>   
- SLES 9.0 SP3 </span></font><br>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>   
- SLES10 (and SP1 RC2 partially tested) </span></font><br>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Redhat:
</span></font><br>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>   
- Redhat EL4 up3 and up4 </span></font><br>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>   
- Redhat EL5 </span></font><br>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>kernel.org:
</span></font><br>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>   
- 2.6.20 </span></font><br>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>   
- 2.6.19 </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Note:
Fedora C6 and SuSE Pro 10 are not part of the official list. </span></font><br>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>We
keep the backport patches for these OSes and make sure OFED compile and loaded
properly but will not do full QA cycle.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Systems:
</span></font><br>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>   
* x86_64 </span></font><br>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>   
* x86 </span></font><br>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>   
* ia64 </span></font><br>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>   
* ppc64 </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Main
changes from OFED-1.1-rc1: </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>  
1. Fixed 31 bugs (see attachment for all bugs fixed) </span></font><br>
<font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:black'><<fixed_bugs-rc2.csv>> </span></font><br>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Major
limitations and known issues: </span></font><br>
<font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:black'>420    
critical       
monil@voltaire.com      PKey table reordering caused
by SM failover stops ipoib traffic<br>
556     critical       
amip@dev.mellanox.co.il OFED 1.2 SDP crashes RHEL5
ppc64       <br>
513     critical       
rjwalsh@pathscale.com   error while installing ipath
driver    <br>
529     critical       
rjwalsh@pathscale.com   dtest fails on ipath
card      <br>
534     critical       
vlad@mellanox.co.il     SLES9 - Installer fails on
declarations - OFED 1.2-20070409    <br>
465     critical       
mst@mellanox.co.il      IPoIB CM HA fails after
several hours of failovers     <br>
539     critical       
tziporet@mellanox.co.il "Catastrophic error detected" while running
IPoIB bonding port failover test   <br>
547     critical       
vlad@mellanox.co.il     Installer errors when using
customer and command line  <br>
549     critical       
amip@dev.mellanox.co.il SDP Policy need to be
consistent       <br>
553     critical       
amip@mellanox.co.il     recent libsdp changes break
non-blocking SDP with "both" mode  <br>
484     major   mst@dev.mellanox.co.il 
mstflint -d mthca0 fails on ppc64      <br>
499     major  
vlad@mellanox.co.il     module compiled over ofed won't
load due to symbol version mismatch    <br>
459     major  
monis@voltaire.com      support ib-bonding on
RHEL4U4/RHEL5, put kernel name in RPM name, and clean up better  <br>
508     major  
mst@mellanox.co.il      IPoIB CM multicast is hogging
interrupts       <br>
530     major   dannyz@mellanox.co.il  
ibdiagnet -r fails on RHEL5 i686       <br>
506     major  
mst@mellanox.co.il      IPoIB IPv4 multicast
throughput is poor<br>
541     major  
monis@voltaire.com      slow failover with IPoIB
bonding/ipoibtools HA <br>
548     major   amip@dev.mellanox.co.il SDP
connection rate in small messages  <br>
555     major  
mst@mellanox.co.il      SDP log file location as
mentioned in the conf file is being ignored   <br>
558     major  
rolandd@cisco.com       tvflash configure fails
on SLES10 SP1 RC2      </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>See
bugzilla for all open issues. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Tasks
that should be completed for RC3 (due date is 26-April): </span></font><br>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>  
1. Support SLES10 SP1 RC1 </span></font><br>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>  
2.</span></font> <font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Replace Open MPI to version 1.2.1</span></font> <br>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>  
3. Fix all blocker, critical and major bugs</span></font> <br>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>  
4. Prepare all documentation (release notes, README, etc.) </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

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