[ofa-general] OFED 1.2.5.5 is ready on the ofa server

[Tziporet Koren]

OFED-1.2.5.5 is ready:

http://www.openfabrics.org/downloads/OFED/ofed-1.2.5/OFED-1.2.5.5.tgz

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 EL4 up6: 	2.6.9-67.ELsmp *
        - RedHat EL5: 		2.6.18-8.el5
        - RedHat EL5 up1:     2.6.18-53.el5
        - Fedora C6: 		2.6.18-8.fc6 *
        - SLES9 SP3: 		2.6.5-7.244-smp *
        - SLES9 SP4: 		2.6.5-7.305-smp *
        - SLES10: 		2.6.16.21-0.8-smp
        - SLES10 SP1: 		2.6.16.46-0.12-smp
        - SLES10 SP1 up1: 	2.6.16.46-0.12-smp
        - SUSE Pro 10.0: 	2.6.13-16-smp *
        - kernel.org: 		2.6.20.x and 2.6.22.x

      * OSes that are partially tested

Fixed Bugs and Enhancements Since OFED 1.2.5.4
==============================================
- OSes support:
  - added support for RHEL5 up1
  - Added support for RHEL4 up6
  - Added support for SLES9 SP4 on PPC64
- Low level drivers update:
  - cxgb3:
    - Flush the receive queue when closing
    - Fix page shift calculation in build_phys_page_list()
    - Mark QP as privileged based on user capabilities
    - Fix the T3A workaround checks - Pull in latest fixes.
  - mlx4:
    - For write-combining copies, a tight "for" loop instead of memcpy.
    - Fix the value of the pkey_index in the completion to get a valid
value
      for GSI QPs.
    - Changed mlx4 driver default to be MSI-X
- IPoIB:
  - Fix issue when RC QP is closed (due to RNR NAK)
- CMA:
  - Bug fix on connection tear-down (enables RDS to download when
removing low
    level driver)
- RDS:
  - Fixed a bug of uninitialized variable in RDS-tools.
- OpenSM:
  - Fixed coredump that might occur when switch ports are disconnecting
and
    reconnecting quickly.

Fixed Bugs and Enhancements OFED 1.2.5: 
======================================= 
- OSes support:
  - Added support for SLES9 SP4
- Low level drivers update:
  - cxgb3: Pull in latest fixes.
  - ipath: Pull in latest fixes.
- RDS:
  - Performance enhancements 
  - Relax the header consistency check on fragment reassembly
  - GA for Oracle 11 
- IPoIB: 
  - Use NAPI by default 
  - For small received packets, allocate a new, smaller SKB to relief
accounting 
    on the socket. 
- mlx4: 
  - Enable changing default max HCA resource limits using module
options. 
  - Support opening of more resources then the default by increasing
command 
    timeout for INIT_HCA to 10 seconds 
- PPC64 support: 
  - Fixed compilation problems on SLES10 SP1 


Tziporet & Vlad 


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