[libfabric-users] libfabric v2.6.0 is ready

[Xiong, Jianxin]

The OpenFabrics Interfaces Working Group and the libfabric community are pleased to announce the release of version v2.6.0 of libfabric and fabtests. The source packages (.tar.bz2) can be downloaded from:
 
https://github.com/ofiwg/libfabric/releases/tag/v2.6.0

The packages are signed. The signature can be verified by downloading the `.asc` files and running the following commands:

    gpg --import public_key.asc
    gpg --verify libfabric-2.6.0.tar.bz2.asc libfabric-2.6.0.tar.bz2
    gpg --verify fabtests-2.6.0.tar.bz2.asc fabtests-2.6.0.tar.bz2

This release includes various fixes and improvements to the core and providers, among them:
  * prov/efa: hardware counter support.
  * prov/opx: improved dmabuf handling.
  * prov/shm: address performance regressions.
  * prov/verbs: add manual/automatic GPU-NIC affinity settings.
  * fabtests: expand dmabuf-rdma test to multi-node and add all-to-all pattern.
And more.

The full list of changes is available at:
 
https://github.com/ofiwg/libfabric/blob/v2.6.0/NEWS.md

Jianxin Xiong
Fabric Software
Intel Corporation
Jianxin.xiong at intel.com