[ewg] OFED 4.8-2 progress/status - updated Jan 24th

[Davis, Arlin R]

Ok, thanks to Adit and Vlad, we are down to one last blocking issue (bug #2663).

Tatyana or Steve can you provide status and ETA on a fix?

- OFED 4.8-2:  http://downloads.openfabrics.org/OFED/ofed-4.8-2-daily/ OFED-4.8-2-20180124-0818.tgz

	Release Status: RH7.4 and SLES12.3 backports added: rdma_core-v16, perftest 4.1-0.2, libfabric 1.5.3
			Fixes for kernel.org build
			Fixes for Bug #2662
			Release note updates for --without-depcheck
			Changes to include vmw_pvrdma driver into default build/install 
			vmw_pvrdma driver fixes for RH 7.1 and SLES 12.1
	
	Test Status: Intel - build RH 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4 SLES 12.1, 12.2, 12.3 - Passed
		
-Known issues to be resolved:

	1. Bug #2663 - (P1) rping fails, iwpmd hitting segfault on SLES12.3 - Tatyana investigating, ETA unknown.
	
- OFED 4.8-2 RC1 schedule: (1 critical issue is blocking)

	-  TBD:  waiting on fix for critical bug #2663 on SLES 12.3
	
Thanks for your support,

Arlin