[ofw] What are the rev relationships between WinOF downloads at OpenFabrics vs. Mellanox?

[Chris Worley]

On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 10:55 AM, Smith, Stan <stan.smith at intel.com> wrote:
> Chris Worley wrote:
>> OpenFabrics http://www.openfabrics.org/downloads/WinOF/ has the
>> following revisions:
>>
>> 1.*
>> 2.0
>> 2.0.2
>> 2.1rc*
>
> WinOF 2.1 (GA) General Availability will be released very soon!
> If you are using WinOF, you want to use this version.
>
>>
>> Mellanox at
>> http://mellanox.com/content/pages.php?pg=products_dyn&product_family=32&menu_section=34#tab-two
>> has:
>>
>> 2.0
>> 2.0.3
>> 2.0.5
>> 2.0.6, beta
>>
>> Is there any relationship between the WinOF downloads at these sites?
>
> Mellanox ~mirrors the WinOF source tree internally and then adds their 'value components' plus MSFT WHQLs the drivers to produce a Mellanox 'Gold' release. Did I get that correct Leo?
>
> Point being Mellanox releases, along with other IB vendors, are based on the WinOF sources.
>
> Internal and external testing demonstrates WinOF 2.1 (RC5) SRP client on a single port connected to an OFED 1.4 SRP target works.

I can't even install RC5.  It loads the QDR driver, hangs for about 10
minutes, then says "premature end of install".  The system will then
neither shut down nor start up... need to go into "safe mode" and
remove the driver.

Chris