[ofw] WinOF 1.0 [RC3] available for test.

Fri Jun 1 16:59:40 PDT 2007

See the release notes under unattended install/uninstall.

stan.

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From: ofw-bounces at lists.openfabrics.org
[mailto:ofw-bounces at lists.openfabrics.org] On Behalf Of Jeremy Enos
Sent: Friday, June 01, 2007 4:55 PM
To: ofw at lists.openfabrics.org
Subject: Re: [ofw] WinOF 1.0 [RC3] available for test.

Unless I've missed it, I've only seen mention of a GUI interactive mode
of install.  Is there a command line mode?
thx-

    Jeremy

Erez Cohen wrote: 

	Stan, my comments below starting with [Erez Cohen]. 

	Best regards, 

	Erez Cohen
	Field Application 
	Development Manager

	Mellanox Technologies Ltd. 
	Tel : + 972 - 4 - 9097200 ext 378
	Cell : + 972 - 54 - 5468801
	Fax : + 972 - 4 - 9593245
	www.mellanox.com

	-----Original Message-----
	From: Smith, Stan [mailto:stan.smith at intel.com] 
	Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 8:52 PM
	To: Erez Cohen; ofw at lists.openfabrics.org
	Subject: RE: [ofw] WinOF 1.0 [RC3] available for test.

	<snip...>

	Erez Cohen wrote:

		Stan,

		I think we are getting very close for a release.
		Most of the issues I've sent where addressed nicely. Few
minor issues 
		(tested on Win2K3, 32bit and XP 64bit):

		1. During uninstall on Win2K3 32 bit machine I got the
enclosed error 
		message. After reboot the HW devices where gone but the
WinOF package 
		(as seen in the add remove programs window) was there. I
run a second 
		uninstall, this time it worked just fine.

	If there is an uninstall error, should never be the case, the
installer
	aborts. The last thing the installer does on a successful
uninstall is
	to delete the WinOF directory. More problematic is the why of
the error.

	Was the OpenSM_service features selected?

	[Erez Cohen] - I'm not sure, I think it did not.

	Curious - seems there is a race condition. The VBS statement @
line #69
	checks for the existence of the file to delete. If line #69 is
True,
	then line #70 deletes the file; Line #70 failed in your case??
Only
	thing I can imagine is a race condition between control points
deleting
	the same file.
	This is a mystery as I have never witnessed the behavior. Will
	investigate
	further....RC4 here we come.     

		2. WinOF dir still remains after uninstall on the Win2K3
32bit 
		machines. It was gone on the XP 64bit.

	Was the feature OpenSM_service selected?

	[Erez Cohen] - No.

	Was this an uninstall using RC2 or RC3? RC2 had this problem,
which was
	fixed and verified on 32-bit XP for RC3. I'll see if I can
reproduce the
	failure.  
	Upon re-reading your comment, I realized 32bit Win2K, I do not
have a
	32bit Win2K3 available for test. Seems really odd the x64 Win2K3
works
	while the 32bit variant fails on folder removal? Will
investigate
	further.  

	[Erez Cohen] - All installs and uninstalls where with RC3.

		3. When choosing typical installation, OSM as service is
installed in 
		the "Disable" mode. This prevent it to be started with
net start
		command: I:\>net start opensm

		System error 1058 has occurred.
		The service cannot be started, either because it is
disabled or 
		because it has no enabled devices associated with it.

		I recommend installing the service in the manual mode.

	Be careful of what you ask for. Your previous suggestion stated
	installed and 'disabled' :-) A simple tour thru My
	Computer->Manage->Services->InfiniBand Subnet Management enables
the
	service. 
	Or if you like a command line approach: 'sc config openSM start=
"auto"
	;  sc openSM start'. 

	The sc.exe interface does not support a start type of 'manual',
although
	the GUI interface does? 'disabled' is the closest to what you
	requested.   

	[Erez Cohen] - Agree. Will try to be more accurate next time ;)

		4. In custom installation there is a component called
OSM as service 
		(or something similar to that). What it actually does is
setting the 
		SM to auto and start it. If not chosen, the SM will be
installed but 
		not started (see 1 above). I think a more appropriate
name for this 
		component/feature is "Enable OpenSM" as it will be
installed even if 
		not chosen.

	Possibly not the best nomenclature; will make the feature more
	descriptive of what it actually does. Can you live with
	'OpenSM_service_enabled'?

	[Erez Cohen] - Yes.

		5. Uninstall from the start menu pops the "Add Remove
Program" window 
		rather then start the uninstall process.

	I reverted back to the Add/Remove Programs as msiexec.exe did an
	incomplete uninstall where ARP did a complete uninstall.
Specifically,
	msiexec.exe left WinOF in the system search path (IS script
function was
	not called). Additionally, msiexec left an incomplete ARP entry
for
	WinOF. When this incomplete WinOF ARP entry was invoked it
failed.    

		6. In add remove windows, there is no information in at
"click here 
		for support information" in XP 64 bit.

	Beats me as to why InstallShield-12 has decided not to produce
the
	support information?
	The info is in the .ism file, for some reason IS has decided not
to put
	to ARP?
	Will investigate.

	Stan.

		Best regards,

		Erez Cohen
		Field Application
		Development Manager

		Mellanox Technologies Ltd.
		Tel : + 972 - 4 - 9097200 ext 378
		Cell : + 972 - 54 - 5468801
		Fax : + 972 - 4 - 9593245
		www.mellanox.com

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