[ofa-general] OFED 1.4 GA release

[Tziporet Koren]

I am happy to announce the OFED 1.4 GA release. 

The release can be found under: 
http://www.openfabrics.org/downloads/OFED/ofed-1.4/OFED-1.4.tgz

The release documents are under:
http://www.openfabrics.org/downloads/OFED/ofed-1.4/OFED-1.4-docs/


This release was produced by a joint effort of all the companies in the
EWG group.
I wish to thank all who contributed its success. 

Tziporet 
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OFED 1.4 GA Release summary: 
============================ 
The OpenFabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED) version 1.4 software
package 
supports InfiniBand and iWARP fabrics. It is composed of several
software 
modules intended for use on a computer cluster constructed as an
InfiniBand 
subnet or an iWARP network. 


OFED package contains the following components: 
=============================================== 
The OFED Distribution package generates RPMs for installing the
following: 

1.1 OFED 1.4 Contents
-----------------------
The OFED package contains the following components:
 - OpenFabrics core and ULPs:
        - IB HCA drivers (mthca, mlx4, ipath, ehca)
        - iWARP RNIC driver (cxgb3, nes)
        - core
        - Upper Layer Protocols: IPoIB, SDP, SRP Initiator and target,
iSER
          Initiator and target, RDS, uDAPL, qlgc_vnic and NFS-RDMA.
 - OpenFabrics utilities:
        - OpenSM (OSM): InfiniBand Subnet Manager
        - Diagnostic tools
        - Performance tests
 - MPI:
        - OSU MPI stack supporting the InfiniBand and iWARP interface
        - Open MPI stack supporting the InfiniBand and iWARP interface
        - OSU MVAPICH2 stack supporting the InfiniBand and iWARP
interface
        - MPI benchmark tests (OSU benchmarks, Intel MPI benchmarks,
Presta)
 - Extra packages:
        - open-iscsi: open-iscsi initiator with iSER support
        - ib-bonding: Bonding driver for IPoIB interface
 - Sources of all software modules (under conditions mentioned in the
modules'
      LICENSE files)
 - Documentation

Third Party Packages 
-------------------- 
The following third party packages have been tested with OFED 1.3: 
1. Intel MPI
2. HP MPI
3. Open MPI 1.3


Main Changes from OFED 1.3
==========================
1.1 General changes
-------------------
  o Kernel code based on 2.6.27
  o Added iSER target package
  o Added NFS-RDMA support - in technology preview state
  o New verbs to support BMME:
    - Fast memory thru send queue
    - Local invalidate send work requests
    - Read with invalidate
  o Virtual Protocol Interconnect (Multi-Protocol: Eth and IB) support
    for ConnectX. See mlx4 release note for the usage model.
  o New MPI versions:
    - OSU MVAPICH 1.1.0
    - Open MPI 1.2.8
    - OSU MVAPICH2 1.2p1
  o New management package: 3.2
  o New uDAPL libraries: compat-dapl-1.2.12-1, dapl-2.0.15-1

See each component release notes for details on the changes.
OFED release notes are attached here.
 <<OFED_release_notes.txt>> 
1.2 Supported Platforms and Operating Systems
---------------------------------------------
  o   CPU architectures:
        - x86_64
        - x86
        - ppc64
        - ia64

  o   Linux Operating Systems:
        - RedHat EL4 up4:       2.6.9-42.ELsmp      *
        - RedHat EL4 up5:       2.6.9-55.ELsmp
        - RedHat EL4 up6:       2.6.9-67.ELsmp
        - RedHat EL4 up7:       2.6.9-78.ELsmp
        - RedHat EL5:           2.6.18-8.el5
        - RedHat EL5 up1:       2.6.18-53.el5
        - RedHat EL5 up2:       2.6.18-92.el5
        - Fedora C9:            2.6.25-14.fc9       *
        - SLES10:               2.6.16.21-0.8-smp
        - SLES10 SP1:           2.6.16.46-0.12-smp
        - SLES10 SP2:           2.6.16.60-0.21-smp
        - OpenSuSE 10.3:        2.6.22.5-31         *
        - OEL 4 up7             2.6.9-78.ELsmp
        - OEL 5 up2             2.6.18-92.el5
        - CentOS5.2             2.6.18-92.el5
        - kernel.org:           2.6.26 and 2.6.27

      * Minimal QA for these versions


1.3 HCAs and RNICs Supported
----------------------------
This release supports IB HCAs by Mellanox Technologies, Qlogic and IBM
as
well as iWARP RNICs by Chelsio Communications and Intel.

  o   Mellanox Technologies HCAs (SDR, DDR and QDR Modes are Supported):
        - InfiniHost (fw-23108 Rev 3.5.000)
        - InfiniHost III Ex (MemFree: fw-25218 Rev 5.3.000
                             with memory: fw-25208 Rev 4.8.200)
        - InfiniHost III Lx (fw-25204 Rev 1.2.000)
        - ConnectX IB (fw-25408 Rev 2.5.0 and 2.6.000)

  o   Qlogic HCAs:
        - QHT6040 (PathScale InfiniPath HT-460)
        - QHT6140 (PathScale InfiniPath HT-465)
        - QLE6140 (PathScale InfiniPath PE-880)

  o   IBM HCAs:
        - GX Dual-port SDR 4x IB HCA
        - GX Dual-port SDR 12x IB HCA
        - GX Dual-port DDR 4x IB HCA
        - GX Dual-port DDR 12x IB HCA

  o   Chelsio RNICs:
        - S310/S320 10GbE Storage Accelerators
        - R310/R320 10GbE iWARP Adapters

  o   Intel RNICs:
        - NE020 10Gb iWARP Adapter

1.4 Switches Supported
----------------------
This release was tested with switches and gateways provided by the
following
companies:
        - Cisco
        - Voltaire
        - Qlogic
        - Flextronics
        - Sun
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