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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Hi All,</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">OFED 1.2.c-10 is available now on the OFA server under: </FONT><A HREF="http://www.openfabrics.org/builds/connectx/release/"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">http://www.openfabrics.org/builds/connectx/release/</FONT></U></A>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Note: this release supports FW 2.1.000 that is available on Mellanox web site for download.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Supported Platforms and Operating Systems</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">=========================================</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">o CPU architectures:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> - x86_64</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> - x86</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> - ppc64</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> - ia64</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">o Linux Operating Systems:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> - RedHat EL4 up3: 2.6.9-34.ELsmp</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> - RedHat EL4 up4: 2.6.9-42.ELsmp</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> - RedHat EL4 up5: 2.6.9-55.ELsmp</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> - RedHat EL5: 2.6.18-8.el5</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> - SLES10: 2.6.16.21-0.8-smp</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> - kernel.org: 2.6.20.x and 2.6.22.x</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> - SLES10 SP1: 2.6.16.46-0.12-smp (partially tested)<B></B></FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Main changes from OFED 1.2.c-9:</FONT>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">- SRP was tested with ConnectX</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">- Kernel 2.6.22 is now supported</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">- Add libsysfs and libstdc++ 32-bit dependency for openmpi on PPC64.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">- iser: kfifo.c now taken from upstream kernel.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">- cma: Added module parameter to allow adjusting the response timeout for</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> situations when the default timeout is not long enough</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">mlx4 Fixed Bugs and Enhancements</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">================================</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">- FMRs are now supported</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">- query_qp now returns the RQ capabilities to user space.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">- Prevent possible data corruption when multiple gather segments are used.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">- Eliminate double-kfree in mlx4_mr_alloc error flow.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Tested ULPs</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">===========</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">The following ULPs are tested:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">o OpenSM</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">o MPI (MVAPICH and Open MPI)</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">o IPoIB UD and CM</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">o SDP</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">o SRP (partially tested)</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">ConnectX specific known issues and limitations</FONT>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">- The following commands and/or features are not supported:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> o Resize CQ</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> o APM</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> o SQD</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">- ibstat does not present all entries. Use ibv_devinfo instead.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">- To load the driver on machines with 64KB default page size UAR bar must be</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> enlarged. 64KB page size is the default of PPC with RHEL5 and Itanium with</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> 64KB page size enabled.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> Perform the following three steps:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> 1. Add the following line in the firmware configuration (INI) file under the</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> [HCA] section:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> log2_uar_bar_megabytes = 5</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> 2. Burn a modified firmware image with the changed INI file</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> 3. Reboot the system</FONT>
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<P><FONT COLOR="#800000" SIZE=2 FACE="Bookman Old Style">Tziporet Koren</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR="#800000" SIZE=2 FACE="Bookman Old Style">Software Director</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Mellanox Technologies</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">mailto: </FONT><A HREF="mailto:tziporet@mellanox.co.il"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">tziporet@mellanox.co.il</FONT></U></A><BR>
<FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Tel +972-4-9097200, ext 380</FONT>
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