[ewg] [ANNOUNCE] OFED 4.8-1-rc1 release is available

[Vladimir Sokolovsky]

Hi,
OFED-4.8-1-rc1 is available at:
https://openfabrics.org/downloads/OFED/ofed-4.8-1/OFED-4.8-1-rc1.tgz

To get BUILD_ID run ofed_info

Please report any issues in bugzilla
http://bugs.openfabrics.org/bugzilla/ for OFED 4.8-1

Release notes:
https://openfabrics.org/downloads/OFED/release_notes/OFED_4.8-1-rc1-release_notes

OFED-4.8-1-rc1 Main Changes from OFED 4.8 GA
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1. compat-rdma
- ib_srp: Fixed backport - issue 2635
- bnxt_en: Misc bug fixes
- bnxt_re: Fix bnxt_en installation in the latest daily builds
- bnxt_re: Adding bug fix patches
- bnxt_re: Backports for SLES12SP0/SP1/SP2 and RH7.0/7.1
- NFS/RDMA backport patch for SLES12SP2
- NFS/RDMA backport patch to revert source files to 4.6 kernel in order 
to facilitate dependency on distro SUNRPC. Include fix to use correct 
ib_map_mr_sg signature from OFED4.8.
- makefile: Added CONFIG_BNXT parameter to override kernel's default
- compat-rdma.spec: Fixed QED firmware installation
- configure: Fix typos introduced by 
b8520c5751cc6c40bb2f5ba8533a34dc260f86f2
- configure: Fix typo
- Merge branch 'master' of https://github.com/selvintxavier/compat-rdma
- Fixed SRP support on RHEL7.2 by using blk_iopoll API in ib_core
- bnxt_re: Add bnxt_re backports
- bnxt_re: Enable bnxt_re building
- Removed previously applied patch 
0057-qed-Fix-error-in-the-dcbx-app-meta-data.patch
- Add qedr

2. Updated packages
- rdma-core-v15

3. ofed_scripts
- Added support for rdma-core new packaging format
- install.pl: Added support for using source RPM per Distro
- install.pl: Enable nfsrdma on RHEL7.3 and SLES12 SP2
- Fix syntax error after libbnxt_re-rdmav2
- Add bnxt_re support
- Add qedr

Regards,
Vladimir