[openib-general] IBED-1.0-rc3 installer feedback

Tue Apr 11 00:30:23 PDT 2006

Here's some feedback on installation, should I file bugs/enhancements in
bugzilla for these?

0) build.sh does not compile Open MPI, forcing me to run install.sh to
compile Open MPI.  This makes it harder to set up a build server used to
just compile the code for installation elsewhere.

1) Too many references to Mellanox in the docs.

# fgrep Mellanox README.txt docs/IBED_Installation_Guide.txt
README.txt:Mellanox IBED Distribution v1.0 for Linux
README.txt:This is the Mellanox InfiniBand Distribution (IBED) ver. 1.0
software
 package.
README.txt:1) Server platform with InfiniBand HCA (see Mellanox IBED
Distributio
n Release Notes for details)
README.txt:2) Linux OS (see Mellanox IBED Distribution Release Notes for
details
)
README.txt:  o   Firmware for Mellanox's switch and HCA products
docs/IBED_Installation_Guide.txt:Mellanox IBED Distribution Installation
Guide
docs/IBED_Installation_Guide.txt: 2. Contents of the Mellanox IBED
Distribution
docs/IBED_Installation_Guide.txt:2. Contents of the Mellanox IBED
Distribution
docs/IBED_Installation_Guide.txt:  o   Firmware for Mellanox's switch
and HCA pr
oducts
docs/IBED_Installation_Guide.txt:     "Mellanox IBED Release Notes".

2) When I run install.sh or build.sh and tell it to compile both MPIs, I
get the same questions twice, which I assume one is for MVAPICH and one
for Open MPI, but this needs to be clearer:

The following compiler(s) on your system can be used to build/install
MPI:  gcc

Do you wish to create/install an MPI RPM with gcc? [Y/n]:

The following compiler(s) will be used to build the MPI RPM(s):  gcc

The following compiler(s) on your system can be used to build/install
MPI:  gcc

Do you wish to create/install an MPI RPM with gcc? [Y/n]: 

3) It would be nice if install.sh asked me if I wanted to configure IP
address, rather than forcing me to.

The default IPoIB interface configuration is based on a LAN interface
configura.
You may change this default configuration in the following steps.

Enter LAN interface to be used for setting ib0 interface [eth0]:

4) I would like to see /etc/infiniband/ifcfg-ib0 be in
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts.

5) I would like to see entries for ipoib and sdp in /etc/modprobe.conf.

6) It would be nice if install.sh offered to setup
/etc/security/limits.conf.

7) If I run install.sh on one machine, then install the resulting RPMS
on a different machine, I get slightly different sets of files installed
on the two machines in /usr/local/ibed:

< ./BUILD_ID
< ./LICENSE
< ./README.txt
70,71d66
< ./docs
< ./docs/IBED_Installation_Guide.txt
74d68
< ./ibed.conf
114a109
> ./include/infiniband/common.h
165a161
> ./include/infiniband/mad.h
178a175
> ./include/infiniband/umad.h
260a258
> ./lib64/libibcommon.so
263a262
> ./lib64/libibmad.so
266a266
> ./lib64/libibumad.so
1425d1424
< ./uninstall.sh

> -----Original Message-----
> From: openfabrics-ewg-bounces at openib.org 
> [mailto:openfabrics-ewg-bounces at openib.org] On Behalf Of 
> Vladimir Sokolovsky
> Sent: Monday, April 10, 2006 9:55 AM
> To: openfabrics-ewg at openib.org
> Cc: openib-general
> Subject: [openfabrics-ewg] IBED-1.0-rc3 is available
> 
> Hi All,
> We have prepared IBED 1.0 RC3.
> Release location: 
> *https://openib.org/svn/gen2/branches/1.0/ibed/releases*
> File: IBED-1.0-rc3.tgz
> md5sum: 8e143fd4b63646ebc9f5c9f73d18394b
> 
> *_BUILD_ID:_*
> IBED-1.0-rc3:
> OpenIB:
> openib_branch1.0-20060410-1551 (REV=6367)
> Userspace SVN path: 
> https://openib.org/svn/gen2/branches/1.0/src/userspace
> IB Kernel modules SVN path: 
> https://openib.org/svn/gen2/branches/1.0/ibed/tags/rc3/linux-kernel
> MPI:
> openmpi-1.0.2a12-1
> mpi_osu-0.9.7-mlx2.1.0
> mpitests-1.0-0
> 
> *OSes:*
> 
>     * RH EL4 up2: 2.6.9-22.ELsmp
>     * RH EL4 up3: 2.6.9-34.ELsmp
>     * Fedora C4: 2.6.11-1.1369_FC4
>     * SLES10 beta 7: 2.6.16-rc5-git9-2-smp
>     * SUSE 10 Pro: 2.6.13-15-smp
>     * kernel.org: 2.6.16
> 
> *Systems:*
> 
>     * x86_64
>     * x86
>     * ia64
>     * ppc64
> 
> 
> *Main changes from RC2:*
> 
>    1. Added support in Rh EL4 up3
>    2. Added Open MPI package
>    3. OSU MPI is now based on 0.97 release (was 0.95 in RC2)
>    4. Added Pathscale (ipath) driver
>    5. Added uDapl
>    6. build based on the new method: Userlevel from openib branch 1.0
>       and kernel from openib trunk. (will be from the git in RC4)
>    7. Added ibutils package
>    8. Bug fixes
> 
> *Package limitations:*
> 
>    1. iSER is working on SuSE SLES 10 Beta8 only
>    2. MPI OSU and Open MPI compilation fails on PPC64
>    3. uDAPL does not supported on RH EL4 (up2 and up3) since rdma_ucm
>       module does not work on 2.6.9* kernels. If someone has 
> a patch we
>       will use it.
>    4. ipath driver compilation fails on RH EL4 and FedoraC4.
> 
> Please send me and Vlad any issue you encounter and testing results.
> 
> Thanks
> Tziporet & Vlad
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