[ofw] WinOF 1.0.1 release available @ OFA website

[Hal Rosenstock]

On Mon, 2007-11-26 at 16:08 -0800, Smith, Stan wrote:
> 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?

vnic is a generic term and not reserved for use by QLogic. It is
expected that other vendors will be submitting vnic drivers for Windows
(as is occuring for Linux) and it is best to be ready for this sooner.

-- Hal

> 
> Stan.
> 
> > 
> > Thanks.
> > 
> > -- Hal
> > 
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