[ofw] WinOF 1.0.1 (rc2) available for testing

[Smith, Stan]

[10-17-07] WinOF 1.0.1 (rc2) - A refresh release for WinOF 1.0

http://www.openfabrics.org/downloads.htm

Summary Changes since WinOF [1.0.0] (svn.614)
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0) WinOF 1.0.1 based on subversion 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.
     InstallShield is no longer required; WIX for free, is a very good
price.

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
   - Header files in %SystemDrive%\DAT\vx\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 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