[ofa-general] ***SPAM*** Re: [PATCH] opensm: update Release Notes for OpenSM version 3.2

[Hal Rosenstock]

On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 10:35 AM, Hal Rosenstock
<hal.rosenstock at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 7:38 AM, Hal Rosenstock
> <hal.rosenstock at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 5:51 PM, Sasha Khapyorsky <sashak at voltaire.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Update Release Notes for OpenSM version 3.2
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Sasha Khapyorsky <sashak at voltaire.com>
>>> ---
>>>  opensm/doc/opensm_release_notes-3.2.txt |  294 ++++++++++++++++++-------------
>>>  1 files changed, 175 insertions(+), 119 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/opensm/doc/opensm_release_notes-3.2.txt b/opensm/doc/opensm_release_notes-3.2.txt
>>> index 7728849..68178c4 100644
>>> --- a/opensm/doc/opensm_release_notes-3.2.txt
>>> +++ b/opensm/doc/opensm_release_notes-3.2.txt
>>> @@ -17,104 +17,161 @@ This document includes the following sections:
>>>   dependencies)
>>
>> <snip...>
>>
>>>  1.1 Major New Features
>> \> +* Solicited Node Multicast addresses consolidation
>>
>> IPv6 Solicited Node Multicast address consolidation
>>
>>> +  When this mode is used (enabled with --consolidate_ipv6_snm_req option)
>>> +  OpenSM will map all IPv6 Solicited Node Multicast address join requests
>>> +  into a single Multicast group with address ff10:601b::1:ff00:0. In this
>>> +  way limited MLID space is saved. The feature is very useful with large
>>> +  (~> 1024 nodes) clusters.
>>
>> Isn't there truth in adversing ? This should also say:
>>
>> This IBA noncompliant feature may be problematic in heterogeneous
>> subnets (due to rate and MTU differences).
>
> Also:
>
> +* Support separate SA and SM keys as clarified in IBA 1.2.1
>
> Not just separate keys but:
> The default key changes should be highlighted as well as
> incompatibility with previous OpenSM and saquery versions.

Should this go as a note in the Qualification section too ?

Also, in that section, the note on ConnectX and QoS should be updated
as the 2_5_000 release is out so that should say 2_5_000 or later.

-- Hal

>
> -- Hal
>
>> -- Hal
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>> <snip...>
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