[ofa-general] Re: [ewg] OFED 1.2.c-9 is available

[Hal Rosenstock]

On 7/12/07, Tziporet Koren <tziporet at mellanox.co.il> wrote:
>
>
> Hi All,
>
> OFED 1.2.c-9 is available now on the OFA server under:
> http://www.openfabrics.org/builds/connectx/release/
> Note: this release was tested with FW 2.1.000 that will soon be available on
> Mellanox web site for download.
>
> Supported Platforms and Operating Systems
> =================================
> o CPU architectures:
>         - x86_64
>         - x86
>         - ppc64
>         - ia64
>
> o Linux Operating Systems:
>         - RedHat EL4 up3: 2.6.9-34.ELsmp
>         - RedHat EL4 up4: 2.6.9-42.ELsmp
>         - RedHat EL4 up5: 2.6.9-55.ELsmp
>         - RedHat EL5: 2.6.18-8.el5
>         - SLES10: 2.6.16.21-0.8-smp
>         - kernel.org: 2.6.20.x
>         - SLES10 SP1: 2.6.16.46-0.12-smp (partially tested)
>
> Main changes from OFED 1.2.c-8:
> =========================
> 1. Kernel oops in IPoIB on restart of the driver.
> 2. IPoIB CM is now the default.
> 3. MPI with SRQ is supported.
> 4. Itanium is now supported.
>
> mlx4 Fixed Bugs and Enhancements
> ===========================
> - Added support for PCI-Ex gen2 devices; device IDs: 26418 and 26428.
> - Query QP and query SRQ are now supported.
> - Internal error flow was added.
> - Number of QPs that can be attached to the same multicast group was
> increased to 56.
> - SRQ is now supported.
> - Fork is now supported.
>
> ConnectX specific known issues and limitations
> ===================================
> - The following commands and/or features are not supported:
>   o Resize CQ
>   o FMRs
>   o APM
>   o SQD
> - ibstat does not present all entries. Use ibv_devinfo instead.

What is missing  from ibstat for ConnectX ? What entries are missing ?

-- Hal

> - To load the driver on machines with 64KB default page size UAR bar must be
>   enlarged. 64KB page size is the default of PPC with RHEL5 and Itanium with
>   64KB page size enabled.
>   Perform the following three steps:
>   1. Add the following line in the firmware configuration (INI) file under
> the
>      [HCA] section:
>        log2_uar_bar_megabytes = 5
>   2. Burn a modified firmware image with the changed INI file
>   3. Reboot the system
>
>
>
> Tziporet Koren
> Software Director
> Mellanox Technologies
> mailto: tziporet at mellanox.co.il
> Tel +972-4-9097200, ext 380
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