[openfabrics-ewg] OFED 1.1-rc2 is ready

[Sasha Khapyorsky]

On 21:49 Mon 21 Aug     , Tziporet Koren wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> OFED 1.1-RC2 is avilable on https://openib.org/svn/gen2/branches/1.1/ofed/releases/
> File: OFED-1.1-rc2.tgz

BTW, Why it is necessary to put binary *.tgz files under Subversion? We
are not going to change it and not interesting in history tracking.

Sasha

> Please report any issues in bugzilla http://openib.org/bugzilla/
> 
> Tziporet & Vlad
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Release details:
> ================
> 
> Build_id:
> OFED-1.1-rc2
> 
> openib-1.1 (REV=9037)
> # User space
> https://openib.org/svn/gen2/branches/1.1/src/userspace
> Git:
> ref: refs/heads/ofed_1_1
> commit a13195d7ca0f047f479a58b2a81ff2b796eb8fa4
> 
> # 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* (not supported 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-1.1-rc1:
> ===============================
> 1. ipath driver: 
> 	- Compilation pass on all systems, except SLES9 SP3.
> 	- See list of changes in the ipath driver at the end
> 2. SDP: 
> 	- Fixed issue with 32 bit systems run out of low memory when opening hundreds of sockets.
> 	- Added out of band and message peek support; telnet and ftp are now working
> 3. SRP - a new srp_daemon was added - see explanation at the end
> 4. IPoIB: High availability support using a daemon in user level. 
>    Daemon is located under /userspace/ipoibtools/. See explanation at the end.
> 5. Added Madeye utility
> 6. Added verbs fork support. Should work from kernel 2.6.16
> 7. Fatal error support in mthca
> 8. iSER support in install script for SLES 10 was fixed
> 9. Diagnostic tools does not requires opensm installation.
>    For this the following changes were done to opensm RPM: 
>       opensm-devel was removed
>    New packages were added:
>       libosmcomp
>       libosmcomp-devel
>       libosmvendor
>       libosmvendor-devel
>       libopensm
>       libopensm-devel
> 10. bug fixes:
>    - SRP: Add local_ib_device/local_ib_port attributes to srp scsi_host
>    - mthca: fence bit supported; fixed deadlock in destroy qp
>    - ipoib: connectivity lost on sm lid change
>    - OSM: fix to work with Cisco stack
> 
> 
> Limitations and known issues:
> =============================
> 1. SDP: For Mellanox Sinai HCAs one must use latest FW version (1.1.000).
> 2. SDP: Get peer name is not working properly
> 3. SDP: Scalability issue when many connections are opened
> 4. ipath driver does not compile on SLES9 SP3
> 5. RHEL4 up4 is not supported due to problems in the backport patches.
>  
> 
> Missing features that should be completed for RC3:
> ==================================================
> 1. Core: Huge pages fix
> 2. IPoIB high availability does not support multicast groups
> 3. Support RHEL4 up4
> 
> Changes in the ipath driver:
> ============================
>       * lock resource limit counters correctly
>       * fix for crash on module unload, if cfgports < portcnt
>       * fix handling of kpiobufs
>       * drop requirement that PIO buffers be mmaped write-only
>       * merge ipath_core and ib_ipath drivers
>       * simplify layering code
>       * simplify debugging code after ipath_core and ib_ipath merger
>       * remove stale references to userspace SMA
>       * More changes to support InfiniPath on PowerPC 970 systems.
>       * add new minor device to allow sending of diag packets
>       * do not allow use of CQ entries with invalid counts
>       * account for attached QPs correctly
>       * support new QLogic product naming scheme
>       * add serial number to hardware freeze error message
>       * be more strict about testing the modify QP verb
>       * validate path_mig_state properly
>       * put a limit on the number of QPs that can be created
>       * handle sq_sig_all field correctly
>       * allow SMA to be disabled
>       * fix return value from ipath_poll
>       * print warning if LID not acquired within one minute
>       * allow direct control of Rx polarity inversion
> 
> srp_daemon explanation:
> =======================
> srp_daemon is a tool that identifies SRP targets in the fabric. 
> 
> Each srp_daemon instance is operating on one port. 
> On boot it performs a full rescan of the fabric and waits to srp_daemon events:
> - a join of a new target to the fabric
> - a change in the capabilities of a machine that becomes a target
> - an SA change
> - an expiration of a predefined timeout
> 
> When there is an SA change or a timeout expiration srp_daemon perform a full rescan of the fabric.
> 
> for each target srp_daemon finds, it checks if it is already connected to that port, if it is not connected, srp_daemon can either print the target details or connect to it.
> 
> Run srp_daemon -h for usage.
> 
> 
> IPoIB HA daemon:
> ================
> The IPoIB HA daemon can be configured in /etc/infiniband/openib.conf file:
>  
> # Enable IPoIB High Availability daemon
> IPOIBHA_ENABLE=yes
> # PRIMARY_IPOIB_DEV=ib0
> # BACKUP_IPOIB_DEV=ib1
>  
> The default for PRIMARY_IPOIB_DEV is ib0 and for BACKUP_IPOIB_DEV is ib1.
> 
> 
> 
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