[openfabrics-ewg] OFED-1.1-rc4 is ready

[vlad at dev.mellanox.co.il]

Hi,

OFED-1.1-rc4 is available on
https://openib.org/svn/gen2/branches/1.1/ofed/releases/
File: OFED-1.1-rc4.tgz
Please report any issues in bugzilla http://openib.org/bugzilla/

Schedule reminder:
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Next milestone:
Final release is planed for Sep-20.

Owners - please update release notes for final release not later then
Sep-18.


Tziporet & Vlad
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Release details:
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Build_id:
OFED-1.1-rc4

openib-1.1 (REV=9435)
# User space
https://openib.org/svn/gen2/branches/1.1/src/userspace
Git: git://www.mellanox.co.il/~git/infiniband
ref: refs/heads/ofed_1_1
commit 796b6cb83392fd840549e3b6e559dfce022a2c49

# MPI
mpi_osu-0.9.7-mlx2.2.0.tgz
openmpi-1.1.1-1.src.rpm
mpitests-2.0-0.src.rpm

OS support:
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Novell:
     - SLES 9.0 SP3
     - SLES10
Redhat:
     - Redhat EL4 up3

     - Redhat EL4 up4
kernel.org:
     - Kernel 2.6.17

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.

Note: Kernel components were updated to 2.6.18-rc6

Systems:
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     * x86_64
     * x86
     * ia64
     * ppc64

Bug fixes from OFED-1.1-rc3:
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 1. SDP: Data corruption fix
 2. libibverbs was reverted to 1.0 version (bug 219)
 3. libsdp: TCP_RR fix
 4. Compilation on kernel 2.6.18-rcX is failing
 5. OSU MPI: fix failure in Intel tests
 6. SRP: Kernel oops in case of port down
 7. ib_uverbs fails to load on ia64 (bug 222)
 8. IPoIB: Spinlock corruption in stress tests
 9. Added srp_daemon service, enable from /etc/infiniband/openib.conf
10. mthca.so not properly linked to libibverbs (bug 223)
11. ipath compilation problem on SLES10 (bug 226)
12. problem with MPI: Get_processor_name on MVAPICH (bug 226)
13. Add an option to renice the ib_mad thread to highest priority. Enable
from /etc/infiniband/openib.conf (workarouund for bug 229)
14. Update for ehca driver
15. Update for ipath driver
16. Madaye installation using OPENIB_PARAMS. To build madeye run:
    export OPENIB_PARAMS="--with-madeye-mod" (or put it into ofed.conf file
    for unattended installation) and run install.sh
17. OFED sources: Added kernel include files under:
<prefix/src/openib/include>.
    Can be used by kerenl modules, and already include the backport
pathces for each kernel.
18. ibutils - updated with new flags (-P, -pc and -pm)
19. SDP: RTU packet is lost Accept call blocks even if client connected.




Limitations and known issues:
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1. SDP: For Mellanox Sinai HCAs one must use latest FW version (1.1.000).
2. SDP: Scalability issue when hundreds of connections are opened
3. ipath driver is not supported on SLES9 SP3
4. ehca driver supports only PPC machines and compiled on kernel 2.6.18
5. OFED installation fails on PPC64 with SLES9.