[ewg] [ANNOUNCE] OFED 4.17-rc1 release is available

[Vladimir Sokolovsky]

Hi,
OFED-4.17-rc1 is available at:
https://downloads.openfabrics.org/OFED/ofed-4.17/OFED-4.17-rc1.tgz

Please report any issues in bugzilla
https://bugs.openfabrics.org/ for OFED 4.17-rc1

Release notes:
https://downloads.openfabrics.org/OFED/release_notes/OFED_4.17-rc1-release_notes

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OFED-4.17 Main Changes from OFED-4.8-2
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1. Add support for RHEL7.5 and SLES15

2. Remove support for RHEL7.0,7.1,7.2,7.3, and SLES12.0,12.1,12.2

3. compat-rdma
  - Based on linux 4.17

4. Updated packages
- rdma-core v17.2
- opensm 3.3.21
- infiniband-diags-2.1.0
- perftest-4.4-0.3.g7a8e409
- mstflint-4.10.0
- ofed_scripts
- fabtests-1.6.1
- libfabric-1.6.1
- ofed-scripts

Regards,
Vladimir