[openib-general] OFED 1.1-rc3 is ready

[Tziporet Koren]

Hi,

OFED 1.1-RC3 is available on 
https://openib.org/svn/gen2/branches/1.1/ofed/releases/
File: OFED-1.1-rc3.tgz
Please report any issues in bugzilla http://openib.org/bugzilla/

Schedule reminder:
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Next milestones:
RC4 is planned for 7-Sep. It should include critical bug fixes only.
Final release will be on 11 or 12 Sep.

Owners - please update release notes for RC4.

Tziporet & Vlad
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Release details:
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Build_id:
OFED-1.1-rc3

openib-1.1 (REV=9203)
# User space
https://openib.org/svn/gen2/branches/1.1/src/userspace
Git:
ref: refs/heads/ofed_1_1
commit 338e942a4ae10d62f2632e6292f85bb1b15d154c

# MPI
mpi_osu-0.9.7-mlx2.2.0.tgz
openmpi-1.1.1-1.src.rpm
mpitests-2.0-0.src.rpm


OS support:
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Novell:
    - SLES 9.0 SP3
    - SLES10
Redhat:
    - Redhat EL4 up3
    - Redhat EL4 up4
kernel.org:
    - Kernel 2.6.17

Note: Redhat EL4 up2, Fedora C4 and SuSE Pro 10 were dropped from the list.
We keep the backport patches for these OSes and make sure OFED compile and
loaded properly but will not do full QA cycle.

Systems:
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    * x86_64
    * x86
    * ia64
    * ppc64

Main changes from OFED-1.1-rc2:
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1. Added ehca (IBM) driver. This driver can be compiled on kernel 2.6.18 
only
3. Open MPI version update to openmpi-1.1.1-1
4. Core: Huge pages registration is supported
5. IPoIB high availability script supports multicast groups
6. RHEL4 up4 is now supported
7. SDP: fixed connection refused problem; get peer name working
8. libsdp: several bug fixes

Limitations and known issues:
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1. SDP: For Mellanox Sinai HCAs one must use latest FW version (1.1.000).
2. SDP: Scalability issue when many connections are opened
3. SDP: If RTU packet is lost Accept call blocks even if client connected.
4. ipath driver is not supported on SLES9 SP3
5. Compilation on kernel 2.6.18-rc5 is failing - to be fixed in RC4
 

Missing features that should be completed for RC4:
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None