[openfabrics-ewg] OFED 1.1-rc1 is available

[Tziporet Koren]

Hi,

In two week delay we publish OFED 1.1-RC1 on https://openib.org/svn/gen2/branches/1.1/ofed/releases/
File: OFED-1.1-rc1.tgz

Build_id:
OFED-1.1-rc1
 
openib-1.1 (REV=8849)
# User space
https://openib.org/svn/gen2/branches/1.1/src/userspace
Git:
git://www.mellanox.co.il/~git/infiniband ofed_1_1
ref: refs/heads/ofed_1_1
commit df6aabce49695368fd004e6505102a1519b266a4
 
# MPI
mpi_osu-0.9.7-mlx2.2.0.tgz
openmpi-1.1-1.src.rpm
mpitests-2.0-0.src.rpm


OS support:
===========
Novell:
	- SLES 9.0 SP3*
	- SLES10 (official release)*
Redhat:
	- Redhat EL4 up3
	- Redhat EL4 up4 (was not tested yet)
kernel.org:
	- Kernel 2.6.17*
* Changed from 1.0 release

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.

Systems:
========
    * x86_64
    * x86
    * ia64
    * ppc64

Main changes from OFED-1.0:
===========================
o Bug fixes
o Enabled building 32-bit libraries on x86_64 and ppc64.
  Note: sysfsutils and sysfsutils-devel 32-bit required.
o Kernel code based on 2.6.18
o Kernel hot-plug support in uverbs - removing module wait till all user 
  applications release their HCA resources.
o Package sources (user space and kernel modules) are places under: <prefix>/src/
  Original kernel sources are not replaced
o RDS was removed from the OFED package 
o Set options in CMA & uCMA
o OSM new features: 
	- Partition Manager (Pkey)
	- Pre-computed routing load from file 
	- Primitive QoS - As technology preview
o SDP:
	- Improved latency (13 usec with netperf tcprr)
	- Implemented Naggle algorithm
	- Memory leaks fixes
	- Error handling added
o MPI:
	- OSU - MVAPICH: Message coalescing to improve message rate
	- Open MPI 1.1-1: see changes: http://svn.open-mpi.org/svn/ompi/trunk/NEWS
	- MPI tests: Replace to the new test versions from LLNL, Intel, OSU
o SRP:
	- Stability
o iSER:
	- Stability
	- Testing more platforms (e.g. ppc64 and ia64)
	- Performance improvements
o Management: 
	- Add saquery tool
	- Enhancement to ibnetdiscover tool with grouping function
	- New ibutils package: 
		o Port error counter check 
		o Port performance counters dump 
		o Link width and Link Speed check by flag
o uDAPL:
	- Scalability features needed for Intel MPI 
	- Code was updated from trunk


Limitations and known issues:
=============================
1. ipath driver compilation fails on all systems 
2. iSER support in install script for SLES 10 is missing
3. SDP: 
	- 32 bit systems might run out of low memory when opening hundreds of sockets. 
	- For Mellanox Sinai HCAs one must use latest FW version (1.1.000).

Missing features that should be completed for RC2:
==================================================
1. SRP:
	- Complete testing with DM (Device Mapper) - for high availability
	- New daemon
2. IPoIB: High availability support using a daemon in user level
3. SDP: support sending/receiving out of band data
4. Add Madeye utility
5. Fatal error support in mthca


Please report any issues in bugzilla http://openib.org/bugzilla/

Tziporet & Vlad