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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">I am happy to announce the OFED 1.3.1 GA release. </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">The release can be found under: </FONT>
<BR><A HREF="http://www.openfabrics.org/builds/ofed-1.3.1/release/OFED-1.3.1.tgz"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">http://www.openfabrics.org/builds/ofed-1.3.1/release/OFED-1.3.1.tgz</FONT></U></A>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">It will soon be available on the OpenFabrics download page: </FONT>
<BR><A HREF="http://www.openfabrics.org/downloads.htm"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">http://www.openfabrics.org/downloads.htm</FONT></U></A><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">This release was produced by a joint effort of all the companies in the EWG group.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">I wish to thank all who contributed its success. </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Please report any issues in Bugzilla </FONT><A HREF="https://bugs.openfabrics.org/"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">https://bugs.openfabrics.org/</FONT></U></A>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Tziporet </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">=============================================================================== </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">OFED 1.3.1 GA Release summary: </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Release information:</FONT>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Linux Operating Systems:</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 EL4 up6: 2.6.9-67.ELsmp</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> - RedHat EL5: 2.6.18-8.el5</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> - RedHat EL5 up1: 2.6.18-53.el5</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> - RedHat EL5 up2 beta: 2.6.18-84.el5 *</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> - Fedora C6: 2.6.18-8.fc6 *</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> - SLES10: 2.6.16.21-0.8-smp</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> - SLES10 SP1: 2.6.16.46-0.12-smp</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> - SLES10 SP1 up1: 2.6.16.53-0.16-smp</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> - SLES10 SP2: 2.6.16.60-0.21-smp *</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> - OpenSuSE 10.3: 2.6.22-*-* *</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> - kernel.org: 2.6.23 and 2.6.24</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> * OSes that are partially tested</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Systems:</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">* ia64</FONT>
<BR> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">* ppc64</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Main changes from OFED 1.3</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">==========================</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">These are the main changes in OFED 1.3.1 release:</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">1. New OS support:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> - SLES 10 SP2</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> - RHEL 5 up2</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">2. Install scripts:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> - There is no default configuration for IPoIB interfaces: One should manually</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> specify the full IP configuration or use the ofed_net.conf file.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> - A new option was added to the ofed_uninstall.sh script: --unload-modules.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> This option executes 'openibd stop' before removing the OFED RPMs.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">3. Kernel changes:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> - IPoIB bug fixes</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> - SRP bug fixes</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> - RDS - RDMA API in GA level</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> - Bonding fixes and support for SM failover.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> - Core: SA module fix</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">4. Libraries:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> - uDAPL v1 (1.2.7-1) and v2 (2.0.9-1)</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> - librdmacm 1.0.7</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">5. Utilities:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> - opensm version 3.1.11</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> - mstflint</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> - ibutils</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">6. Low level drivers:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> - cxgb3 (Chelsio)</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> - ehca (IBM)</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> - mlx4 (Mellanox)</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> - nes (NetEffect)</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">7. MPI packages:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> - MVAPICH 1.0.1</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> - Open MPI 1.2.6</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> - MVAPICH2 1.0.3</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Note: For details regarding the various fixed bugs, please see the</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> release notes for each component in the docs directory.</FONT>
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