[ewg] [ANNOUNCE] OFED-3.5-rc3 is available
Vladimir Sokolovsky
vlad at dev.mellanox.co.il
Tue Dec 11 01:02:52 PST 2012
Hi,
OFED 3.5-rc3 is available.
The tarball is available on:
http://www.openfabrics.org/downloads/OFED/ofed-3.5/OFED-3.5-rc3.tgz
To get BUILD_ID run ofed_info
Please report any issues in bugzilla https://bugs.openfabrics.org/ for OFED 3.5
OFED-3.5-rc3 Main Changes from OFED 3.5-rc2
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
RDMA/nes: Fix for terminate timer crash
RDMA/nes: Fix for crash when adding timer and timer is pending
RDMA/nes: Fix for incorrect multicast address
RDMA/nes: Fix for crash when adding timer
RDMA/nes: Locking fix to prevent race conditions
RDMA/nes: Changing nes driver version
RDMA/nes: Fixes for PAU handling
cxgb4: Initialize data structures before using.
cxgb4: Fix initialization of SGE_CONTROL register
cxgb4: Add embedded firmware and its configuration file support
cxgb4/iw_cxgb4: Add LE hash collision bug fix for active and passive offloaded connections
cxgb4: Fix unable to get UP event from the LLD
cxgb4: Remove unnecessary #ifdef condition
cxgb4: Fix build warnings introduced after T4 configuration file support
cxgb4: Add support for T4 configuration file
iw_cxgb4: only log rx_data warnings if cpl status is non zero.
RDMA/cxgb4: fix mpa version mismatch
RDMA/cxgb4: abort connections that receive unexpected streaming mode data
RDMA/cxgb4: Insert hwtid in pass_accept_req instead in pass_establish
RDMA/cxgb4: Remove the limitation on maximum number of STAGs
linux-next-cherry-picks: Fix build failure for kernel < 3.2
IB/qib: remove EBUSY patch
ib_srp: Avoid that module removal can trigger a deadlock
ib_srp: Unbreak build on SLES 11 SP2
ib_srp: Add post-3.5 upstream patches
ib_srp: Avoid use-after-free during module unload on pre-2.6.36 kernels
Updated packages:
mstflint-1.4-1.23.g5c2032a
perftest-2.0-0.8.gaeb562e
qperf-0.4.9
Regards,
Vladimir
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Open Fabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED)
Version 3.5-rc3
Release Notes
December 2012
===============================================================================
Table of Contents
===============================================================================
1. Overview, which includes:
- OFED Distribution Rev 3.5 Contents
- Supported Platforms and Operating Systems
- Supported HCA and RNIC Adapter Cards and Firmware Versions
- Tested Switch Platforms
- Third party Test Packages
- OFED sources
2. Change log
3. Known Issues
===============================================================================
1. Overview
===============================================================================
These are the release notes of OpenFabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED)
release 3.5. The OFED software package is composed of several software modules,
and is intended for use on a computer cluster constructed as an InfiniBand
subnet or iWARP network.
Note: If you plan to upgrade the OFED package on your cluster, please upgrade
all of its nodes to this new version.
1.1 OFED 3.5 Contents
-----------------------
The OFED package contains the following components:
- OpenFabrics core and ULPs:
- IB HCA drivers (mthca, mlx4, qib, ehca)
- iWARP RNIC driver (cxgb3, cxgb4, nes)
- core
- Upper Layer Protocols: IPoIB, SRP Initiator and target, iSER
Initiator and target, RDS, uDAPL, qlgc_vnic and NFS-RDMA*.
- OpenFabrics utilities:
- OpenSM (OSM): InfiniBand Subnet Manager
- Diagnostic tools
- Performance tests
- Extra packages:
- infinipath-psm: Performance-Scaled Messaging API, an accelerated
interface to QLogic HCAs
- Sources of all software modules (under conditions mentioned in the modules'
LICENSE files)
- Documentation
1.2 Supported Platforms and Operating Systems
---------------------------------------------
o CPU architectures:
- x86_64
- x86
- ppc64
- ia64
o Linux Operating Systems:
- RedHat EL6.2 2.6.32-220.el6
- RedHat EL6.3 2.6.32-279.el6
- SLES11 SP2 3.0.13-0.27-default
- kernel.org 3.5 *
* Minimal QA for these versions.
1.3 HCAs and RNICs Supported
----------------------------
This release supports IB HCAs by Mellanox Technologies, Qlogic and IBM as
well as iWARP RNICs by Chelsio Communications and Intel.
o Mellanox Technologies HCAs (SDR, DDR and QDR Modes are Supported):
- ConnectX(R) and ConnectX EN (fw-25408 Rev 2.9.1000)
- ConnectX-2 (fw-ConnectX2 Rev 2.9.1000)
- ConnectX-2 EN (fw-ConnectX2 Rev 2.9.1200)
- ConnectX-3 (fw-ConnectX3 Rev 2.10.0700) (FDR and FDR10 Modes are Supported)
- ConnectX-3 EN (fw-ConnectX3 Rev 2.10.0800)
For official firmware versions please see:
http://www.mellanox.com/content/pages.php?pg=firmware_download
o Qlogic HCAs:
- QLogic TrueScale DDR PCIe x8 and x16 HCAs
- QLogic TrueScale QDR PCIe x8 Gen2 HCAs
o IBM HCAs:
- GX Dual-port SDR 4x IB HCA
- GX Dual-port SDR 12x IB HCA
- GX Dual-port DDR 4x IB HCA
- GX Dual-port DDR 12x IB HCA
o Chelsio RNICs:
- S310/S320 10GbE Storage Accelerators
- R310/R320 10GbE iWARP Adapters
o Intel RNICs:
- NE020 10Gb iWARP Adapter
1.4 Switches Supported
----------------------
This release was tested with switches and gateways provided by the following
companies:
- Qlogic
- Flextronics
- Oracle (Sun)
- Mellanox
1.5 Third Party Packages
------------------------
The following third party packages have been tested with OFED 3.2:
- MVAPICH2 - 1.8
- Intel MPI - 4.0.3
- Open MPI - 1.6/1.6.1
1.6 OFED Sources
----------------
All sources are located under git://git.openfabrics.org/
Linux:
------
URL: git://git.openfabrics.org/compat-rdma/linux-3.5.git
Branch: for-ofed-3.5
- Linux kernel subtree that includes files relevant for the OFED project only.
Based on v3.5. Used to shorten git clone time.
Note: the regular Linux git tree can be used as well.
compat:
-------
URL: git://git.openfabrics.org/compat-rdma/compat.git
Branch: ofed
- Based on compat project (https://github.com/mcgrof/compat). The compat module
provides functionality introduced in newer kernels to older kernels through a
set of header files and exported symbols.
See https://github.com/mcgrof/compat/wiki for details.
- Used to replace kernel_addons in the previous OFED kernel tree.
compat-rdma:
------------
URL: git://git.openfabrics.org/compat-rdma/compat-rdma.git
Branch: master
User level Sources are downloaded from http://www.openfabrics.org/downloads/
as written in the BUILD_ID
The kernel sources are based on Linux 3.5 mainline kernel. Its patches
are included in the OFED sources directory.
For details see HOWTO.build_ofed.
The list of maintainers is available under:
http://www.openfabrics.org/downloads/MAINTAINERS
===============================================================================
2. Change log
===============================================================================
OFED-3.5-rc3 Main Changes from OFED 3.5-rc2
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
RDMA/nes: Fix for terminate timer crash
RDMA/nes: Fix for crash when adding timer and timer is pending
RDMA/nes: Fix for incorrect multicast address
RDMA/nes: Fix for crash when adding timer
RDMA/nes: Locking fix to prevent race conditions
RDMA/nes: Changing nes driver version
RDMA/nes: Fixes for PAU handling
cxgb4: Initialize data structures before using.
cxgb4: Fix initialization of SGE_CONTROL register
cxgb4: Add embedded firmware and its configuration file support
cxgb4/iw_cxgb4: Add LE hash collision bug fix for active and passive offloaded connections
cxgb4: Fix unable to get UP event from the LLD
cxgb4: Remove unnecessary #ifdef condition
cxgb4: Fix build warnings introduced after T4 configuration file support
cxgb4: Add support for T4 configuration file
iw_cxgb4: only log rx_data warnings if cpl status is non zero.
RDMA/cxgb4: fix mpa version mismatch
RDMA/cxgb4: abort connections that receive unexpected streaming mode data
RDMA/cxgb4: Insert hwtid in pass_accept_req instead in pass_establish
RDMA/cxgb4: Remove the limitation on maximum number of STAGs
linux-next-cherry-picks: Fix build failure for kernel < 3.2
IB/qib: remove EBUSY patch
ib_srp: Avoid that module removal can trigger a deadlock
ib_srp: Unbreak build on SLES 11 SP2
ib_srp: Add post-3.5 upstream patches
ib_srp: Avoid use-after-free during module unload on pre-2.6.36 kernels
Updated packages:
mstflint-1.4-1.23.g5c2032a
perftest-2.0-0.8.gaeb562e
qperf-0.4.9
OFED-3.5-rc2 Main Changes from OFED 3.5-rc1
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
compat-rdma: Add SRP backport
compat-rdma: /etc/init.d/openibd: Fix LSB header
compat-rdma: IB/qib: linux-3.6 patches backported
compat-rdma: iw_cxgb4: Fix bug 2369 in OFED bugzilla
compat-rdma: IB/qib: fix compliance regression in 3.5
compat-rdma: RDMA/nes: Add linux-next-pending patches
compat-rdma: RDMA/nes: Updated backports
compat-rdma: NFSRDMA RHEL6.3 backport
compat-rdma: NFSRDMA SLES11SP2 backport
compat-rdma: linux-next-cherry-picks: RDMA/ucma.c: Different fix for ucma context uid=0, causing iWarp RDMA applications to fail in connection establishment
Updated packages:
infinipath-psm-3.0.1-115.1015_open
perftest-1.4.0-0.80.gd1763bd
qperf-0.4.7-0.2.gf3f7001
OFED-3.5-rc1 Main Changes from OFED 3.2-rc1
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1. Based on linux-3.5 kernel
2. Updated packages:
ibacm-1.0.7
librdmacm-1.0.16
dapl-2.0.36
Management:
libibumad-1.3.8
infiniband-diags-1.6.1
opensm-3.3.15
3. Removed libsdp, sdpnetstat
OFED-3.5-rc1 Main Changes from OFED 1.5.4.1
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1. Based on linux-3.2 kernel
2. kernel-ib RPM renamed to compat-rdma
3. Removed MPI packages
4. Updated packages:
libibverbs-1.1.6
libmlx4-1.0.4
dapl-2.0.35
ibacm-1.0.6
perftest-1.4.0-0.66.g9074687
Management:
libibmad-1.3.9
opensm-3.3.14
infiniband-diags-1.6.0
OFED-1.5.4 Main Changes from OFED 1.5.3.2
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1. Add kernel 3.0 support
2. Add RHEL6.2 support
3. Add NFSRDMA to the list of packages to be installed by default on supported
platforms
4. Add new InfiniBand link speeds: EDR/FDR/FDR10
5. OFA Kernel: See ofa_kernel.changelog.txt
6. Updated packages:
libibverbs-1.1.4-1.24.gb89d4d7
libmlx4-1.0.1-1.20.g6771d22
libnes-1.1.3
libcxgb3-1.3.1
libcxgb4-1.2.0
dapl-2.0.34
ibacm-1.0.5
librdmacm-1.0.15
infinipath-psm-2.9-926.1005_open
ibutils-1.5.7-0.1.g05a9d1a
perftest-1.3.0-0.56.gd6f6093
mstflint-1.4-1.18.g1adcfbf
Management:
libibmad-1.3.8
infiniband-diags-1.5.12
opensm-3.3.12
MPI:
mvapich2-1.7-5.2011svn5031
OFED-1.5.3.2 Main Changes from OFED 1.5.3.1
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1. Add RHEL5.7 support
2. Add RHEL6.1 support
3. Add kernel.org 2.6.37 - 2.6.39 support
4. ib-bonding-0.9.0-43 (SLES10 SP4 support)
OFED-1.5.3.1 Main Changes from OFED 1.5.3
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1. Fix QIB support on SLES10 SP3
OFED-1.5.3 Main Changes from OFED 1.5.2
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1. Updated packages:
dapl-2.0.32
librdmacm-1.0.14.1
ibacm-1.0.4
libibmad-1.3.7
libibumad-1.3.7
infiniband-diags-1.5.8
opensm-3.3.9
ibutils-1.5.7
libibverbs-1.1.4-1.22.g7257cd3.tar.gz
libmlx4-1.0.1-1.18.gb810a27.tar.gz
libnes-1.1.1
infinipath-psm-1.14
libsdp-1.1.108-0.15.gd7fdb72
mstflint-1.4-0.9.gc683022
sdpnetstat-1.60-0.3.gb6e7425
perftest-1.3.0-0.42.gf350d3d
- MPI
openmpi-1.4.3-1
mvapich2-1.6-2
2. Added RHEL6 support
3. Added RHEL5.6 support
4. Improved RAW Ethernet QP support (requires ConnectX/ConnectX2 FW >= 2.8.0600)
5. NFSoRDMA was removed from the list of packages in the install script to
prevent its installation by default.
To force NFSoRDMA installation, add the following lines to the ofed.conf:
nfsrdma=y
rnfs-utils=y
To get ofed.conf, run
# ./install.pl -p
After adding the lines above to ofed.conf, to install OFED run
# ./install.pl -c ofed.conf
OFED-1.5.2 Main Changes from OFED 1.5.1
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1. Added RHEL5.5, SLES11 SP1 and kernel 2.6.33 support
2. /etc/modprobe.conf deprecated
ib_ipoib use /etc/modprobe.d/ib_ipoib.conf
ib_sdp use /etc/modprobe.d/ib_sdp.conf
mlx4_en use /etc/modprobe.d/mlx4_en.conf
3. Added RAW Ethernet QP support in libibverbs
4. Added multicast support in perftest
5. Added new package: ibacm. See ibacm_release_notes.txt
6. Added new package infinipath-psm.
7. Updated packages:
libibverbs to rev 1.1.4-0.14.gb6c138b
libehca to rev 1.2.2-0.1.g69e1a88
libmlx4 to rev 1.0-0.13.g4e5c43f
libnes to rev 1.1.0
librdmacm to rev 1.0.13
dapl to rev 2.0.30
compat-depl to rev 1.2.19
libsdp to rev 1.1.103
mstflint to rev 1.4-0.6.g63179f4
perftest to rev 1.3.0-0.27
rds-tools to rev 2.0.4
Management:
opensm to rev 3.3.7
libibmad to rev 1.3.6
libibumad to rev 1.3.6
infiniband-diags to rev 1.5.7
MPI:
openmpi to rev 1.4.2-1
mvapich2 to rev 1.5.1-2.p1
mpitests to rev 3.2-923
OFED-1.5.1 Main Changes from OFED 1.5
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1. Added RoCEE support - see RoCEE_README.txt
2. Added enhanced atomic operations to ConnectX (kernel only).
See mlx4_release_notes.txt.
3. Updated Open MPI to rev 1.4.1-2ofed
4. Updated MVAPICH2 to rev 1.4.1
5. Updated DAPL to rev 2.0.27
6. Updated libnes to rev 1.0.1
7. Updated librdmacm to rev 1.0.11
8. Removed tvflash RPM
9. NFS-RDMA is not supported on SLES10 SP3
10. Fixed IPv6 support and IPv4 routing corner cases for RDMA CM
11. Bug fixes
OFED-1.5 Main Changes from OFED 1.4.2
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Note: For details regarding the various changes, please see the release notes
for each package in the docs directory.
2.1 General changes
o Kernel code based on 2.6.30
o libraries location - all userspace libraries can be downloaded from
http://www.openfabrics.org/downloads/
See BUILD_ID for exact locations
o Qlogic moved the low level driver from ipath to qib.
2.2 SDP
o Performance improvements
o Zero copy in beta level
2.3 uDAPL
o New UCM provider (ofa-v2-mlx4_0-1u) with IB UD-based CM per process.
It is more scalable than rdma_cm (cma) or socket cm (scm).
o Common code base with WinOF 2.1
o Bug fixes
2.4 perftest
o Renamed tests:
ib_rdma_bw -> rdma_bw
ib_rdma_lat -> rdma_lat
2.5 Management
o OpenSM
- Support for Mesh Analysis for LASH routing algorithm
- Reloadable OpenSM configuration (preliminary implementation)
- Routing paths sorted balancing (for UpDown and MinHops)
- Weighted LID matrices calculation (for UpDown, MinHop and DOR)
- I/O nodes connectivity (for FatTree)
2.6 MPI:
a. OSU MVAPICH 1.2.0
b. Open MPI 1.4
c. OSU MVAPICH2 1.4
d. MPI tests 3.2
2.7 iSER:
o Available on:
- kernel.org: 2.6.30 and higher
- RHEL5.4
2.8 NFS-RDMA
o Added support for RHEL5.4, SLES10 SP3, kernel.org 2.6.25 and 2.6.30.
Kernels 2.6.26 and 2.6.27 are not supported
o NFS-RDMA is in Beta level
===============================================================================
3. Known Issues
===============================================================================
The following is a list of general limitations and known issues of the various
components of the OFED 3.5-rc2 release.
1. When upgrading from an earlier OFED version, the installation script does
not stop the earlier OFED version prior to uninstalling it.
Workaround: Stop the old OFED stack (/etc/init.d/openibd stop) before
upgrading to OFED 3.5 or reboot the server after OFED installation.
2. Memory registration by the user is limited according to administrator
setting. See "Pinning (Locking) User Memory Pages" in OFED_tips.txt for
system configuration.
3. Fork support from kernel 2.6.12 and above is available provided
that applications do not use threads. fork() is supported as long as the
parent process does not run before the child exits or calls exec().
The former can be achieved by calling wait(childpid), and the latter can be
achieved by application specific means. The Posix system() call is
supported.
4. The qib driver is supported only on 64-bit platforms.
5. IPoIB: brctl utilities do not work on IPoIB interfaces. The reason for that
is that these utilities support devices of type Ethernet only.
6. In case uninstall is failing, check the error log and remove
the remaining RPMs manually using 'rpm -e <rpms list>'.
7. On SLES11.x, set allow_unsupported_modules parameter to 1 in file:
/etc/modprobe.d/unsupported-modules. Without this the modules will not
load.
Note: See the release notes of each component for additional issues.
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