[ofw] WinOF 1.0.1 release available @ OFA website

[Smith, Stan]

Hal Rosenstock wrote:
> On Wed, 2007-11-21 at 10:19 -0800, Smith, Stan wrote:
>> Please reference www.openfabrics.org/downloads/WinOF/
>> 
>> [11-21-07] WinOF 1.0.1 - A refresh release for WinOF 1.0
>> 
>> 
>> Summary Changes since WinOF [1.0.0] (svn.614)
>> ---------------------------------------------
>> 
>> 0) WinOF 1.0.1 based on openib-windows src revision 864.
>> 
>> 1) WinOF 1.0.1 installer based on open source WIX 2.0 (Windows
>>    Installer XML) technology. - Complete WIX installer source in
>>      openib-windows subversion src tree (branches). InstallShield is
>> no longer required; WIX is free open source. 
>> 
>> 2) manual.htm updates on
>>    - DAT information links.
>>    - DAT application build environments
>>    - Port lids displayed in vstat command output.
>>    - WIX installer changes.
>> 
>> 3) Release_notes.htm updates
>>    - WinOF 1.0.1 based on svn src version 864?
>>    - latest MS OS updates contain the WSD Hot-Fix patch.
>> 
>> 4) DAT/DAPL 2.0 runtime libraries released with InfiniBand extended
>> operations for 
>>    - RDMA write with Immediate data
>>    - Atomic Compare and Swap
>>    - Atomic Fetch and Add
>> 
>> 5) DAT/DAPL Application Build environments.
>>    - documented in manual.htm
>>    - Optional Header files in %SystemDrive%\DAT\v{1/2}\DAT
>> 
>> 6) WSD patches
>>    - <null> pointer fix.
>>    - IB verbs CA attributes alignment fix.
>>    - IPv4 address copy respectful of IA64 alignment.
>> 
>> 7) SRP patches
>>    - added a flow management mechanism for better sustaining work
>> under stress. 
>>    - added Registry parameter Mode Flags (for debugging and tuning
>>        purposes): 1 - don't use FMR_POOL
>>        2 - increase StorPort SG list (disallowed by DDK).
>>    - support maximal buffer size (up to 1MB). It was 64KB, because
>>      of StorPort limitation of 16 SG list size.
>> 
>> 8) IB Core
>>    - (IBBUS,MTHCA,SRP) added support for fmr_pool (only for kernel).
>>    - Added new functions to IBAL interface, so its version increased.
>> 
>> 9) IA64 is now fully tested and integrated into the WinOF install.
>>    - Local MAD packets aligned, prevents vstat from crashing the
>> system. 
>> 
>> 10) WinOF integrated into OpenFabrics Alliance download page.
>>    - http://www.openfabrics.org/downloads.htm, scan for WInOF link.
>> 
>> 
>> 'Thank you' to all the contributing companies/developers - without
>> you there is nothing...
> 
> A request relative to the WinOF release moving forward:
> 
> Can vnic be renamed to something like qlgcvnic as was already done on
> the Linux side ?

Technically speaking yes.

Why would one be compelled to do this?

Stan.

> 
> Thanks.
> 
> -- Hal
> 
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