[openib-general] OFED 1.2 alpha release

[Erez Zilber]

Tziporet Koren wrote:
> Hi,
>
> In two weeks delay we publish OFED 1.2-alpha1 on 
> http://www.openfabrics.org/builds/ofed-1.2/
> File: OFED-1.2-alpha1.tgz
> BUILD_ID contains info on all packages sources location.
>
> Please report any issues in bugzilla https://bugs.openfabrics.org/
>
> Tziporet & Vlad
>
> *_OS support:_*
> Novell:
>     - SLES 9.0 SP3
>     - SLES10
> Redhat:
>     - Redhat EL4 up4
>     - Redhat EL5 beta2 (only partially tested)
> kernel.org:
>     - 2.6.20
>     - 2.6.19
>
> Note: Redhat EL4 up3, Fedora C4, Fedora C6 and SuSE Pro 10 are not
> part of the official 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:*_
>     * x86_64
>     * x86
>     * ia64
>     * ppc64 (have not tested user space)
>
> _*Main changes from OFED-1.1:*_
>
>    1. iWRAP is now supported with Chelsio T3
>    2. New kernel modules: VNIC, RDS, Bonding, SA cache,
>    3. New packages: MVAPICH2
>    4. IPoIB Connected mode
>    5. Multicast join from user space
>    6. libibverbs 1.1
>    7. OpenSM new routing models: FAT tree routing and Taurus routing
>    8. GUI tool for network diagnostic
>    9. New MPI releases: MVAPICH: version 0.9.9, Open MPI: version 1.2,
>       MVAPICH2: version 0.9.8
>
> Detailed list of changes can be found in:
> https://wiki.openfabrics.org/tiki-index.php?page=OFED+1.2+release+plan+and+features
>
> _*Limitations and known issues:*_
>
>    1. ipath driver compilation fails on all systems, except for kernel
>       2.6.20
>    2. libipathverbs  is not working with libibverbs 1.1
>    3. SDP netstat does not available on RHEL5 (due to compilation errors)
>    4. Routing table problem in SLES10 when using port #2
>    5. RDS compiles only on kernel 2.6.18/19/20
>    6. MVAPICH2 installation fails on SuSE Pro 10.
>    7. mstflint is not working on ppc64
>    8. RDS was not tested
>

One more limitation - open-iscsi over iSER is currently supported on
SLES 10, RHEL5 beta 2 & 2.6.20 (naturally). Other distros/kernels are
not supported.

Erez