Open Fabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED)
- Version 4.8 Release Notes
- July 2017
+ Version 4.8-1 Release Notes
+ September 2017
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Table of Contents
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1. Overview, which includes:
- - OFED Distribution Rev 4.8 Contents
+ - OFED Distribution Rev 4.8-1 Contents
- Supported Platforms and Operating Systems
- Supported HCA and RNIC Adapter Cards and Firmware Versions
- Tested Switch Platforms
1. Overview
===============================================================================
These are the release notes of OpenFabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED)
-release 4.8. The OFED software package is composed of several software modules,
+release 4.8-1. The OFED software package is composed of several software modules,
and is intended for use on a computer cluster constructed as an InfiniBand
Fabric, an iWARP Network or a RoCE Fabric.
all of its nodes to this new version.
-1.1 OFED 4.8 Contents
+1.1 OFED 4.8-1 Contents
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The OFED package contains the following components:
- OpenFabrics core and ULPs:
- IB HCA drivers (mthca, mlx4, mlx5, qib, ehca)
- iWARP RNIC driver (cxgb3, cxgb4, nes)
- - RoCE drivers (mlx4, ocrdma)
+ - RoCE drivers (mlx4, mlx5, ocrdma)
- IB core
- - Upper Layer Protocols: IPoIB, SRP Initiator and target, RDS,
- uDAPL, qlgc_vnic and NFS-RDMA*.
+ - Upper Layer Protocols: IPoIB, SRP Initiator and target,
+ uDAPL, qlgc_vnic and NFS-RDMA.
- OpenFabrics utilities:
- OpenSM (OSM): InfiniBand Subnet Manager
- Diagnostic tools
1.5 Third Party Packages
------------------------
-The following third party packages have been tested with OFED 4.8:
+The following third party packages have been tested with OFED 4.8-1:
- Open MPI - 1.8
- Intel MPI Library 2017
- MVAPICH2
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2. Change log
===============================================================================
+OFED-4.8-1-rc1 Main Changes from OFED 4.8 GA
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+1. compat-rdma
+- ib_srp: Fixed backport - issue 2635
+- bnxt_en: Misc bug fixes
+- bnxt_re: Fix bnxt_en installation in the latest daily builds
+- bnxt_re: Adding bug fix patches
+- bnxt_re: Backports for SLES12SP0/SP1/SP2 and RH7.0/7.1
+- NFS/RDMA backport patch for SLES12SP2
+- NFS/RDMA backport patch to revert source files to 4.6 kernel in order to facilitate dependency on distro SUNRPC. Include fix to use correct ib_map_mr_sg signature from OFED4.8.
+- makefile: Added CONFIG_BNXT parameter to override kernel's default
+- compat-rdma.spec: Fixed QED firmware installation
+- configure: Fix typos introduced by b8520c5751cc6c40bb2f5ba8533a34dc260f86f2
+- configure: Fix typo
+- Merge branch 'master' of https://github.com/selvintxavier/compat-rdma
+- Fixed SRP support on RHEL7.2 by using blk_iopoll API in ib_core
+- bnxt_re: Add bnxt_re backports
+- bnxt_re: Enable bnxt_re building
+- Removed previously applied patch 0057-qed-Fix-error-in-the-dcbx-app-meta-data.patch
+- Add qedr
+
+2. Updated packages
+- rdma-core-v15
+
+3. ofed_scripts
+- Added support for rdma-core new packaging format
+- install.pl: Added support for using source RPM per Distro
+- install.pl: Enable nfsrdma on RHEL7.3 and SLES12 SP2
+- Fix syntax error after libbnxt_re-rdmav2
+- Add bnxt_re support
+- Add qedr
+
OFED-4.8 Main Changes from OFED 3.18-3 GA
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1. Added support for RHEL7.3 and SLES12 SP2
2. compat-rdma:
3. Known Issues
===============================================================================
The following is a list of general limitations and known issues of the various
-components of the OFED 4.8 release.
+components of the OFED 4.8-1 release.
01. When upgrading from an earlier OFED version, the installation script does
not stop the earlier OFED version prior to uninstalling it.
Workaround: Stop the old OFED stack (/etc/init.d/openibd stop) before
- upgrading to OFED 4.8 or reboot the server after OFED installation.
+ upgrading to OFED 4.8-1 or reboot the server after OFED installation.
02. Memory registration by the user is limited according to administrator
setting. See "Pinning (Locking) User Memory Pages" in OFED_tips.txt for
system configuration.
It also makes sure it can connect to them when the service is started.
Scif functions cannot be called unless the mpss service is running.
Since openibd starts the psmd service, it should be loaded after mpss
-12. Bug 2580: NFSoRDMA client on PPC64LE will crash while trying to mount to
- a NFSoRDMA server running on x86 box. This will be resolved in OFED 4.8
-13. The ipath and eHCA drivers will be deprecated in the next OFED build that
+12. The ipath and eHCA drivers will be deprecated in the next OFED build that
uses a kernel >= 4.3
-14. Bug 2583: "iwpm_mapping_error_cb: Received msg seq = 381240 err code = 12
+13. Bug 2583: "iwpm_mapping_error_cb: Received msg seq = 381240 err code = 12
client = 3" seen intermittently
-15. Bug 2587: autoconf is needed by ibacm-1.1.0-1.x86_64
-16. Bug 2596: Host crash related to mlx5 driver, ConnectIB HCAs, ib_srp, and
+14. Bug 2587: autoconf is needed by ibacm-1.1.0-1.x86_64
+15. Bug 2596: Host crash related to mlx5 driver, ConnectIB HCAs, ib_srp, and
performing IO
-17. cmake and ninja packages are required to build rdma-core package.
+16. cmake and ninja packages are required to build rdma-core package.
ninja binary RPMs can be downloaded from https://software.opensuse.org/package/ninja
On SLES12 cmake-3.5 or higher is required. The working cmake version can be
taken from SLES12 SP2 and installed on SLES12 SP0 or SP1.
-18. Bug 2622: ib_qib cannot be loaded after installing OFED 4.8 on RHEL 7.3 with
+17. Bug 2622: ib_qib cannot be loaded after installing OFED 4.8 on RHEL 7.3 with
stock kernel (3.10.0-514). Modeprobe fails with "Invalid argument". It is
needed to pull a kernel update to 3.10.0-514.10.2 before installing OFED.
-19. Bug 2619: IPoIB interface fails on RHEL 7.2 using FW release 12.18.2000 with mlx5 MT_2180110032 adapter
+18. Bug 2619: IPoIB interface fails on RHEL 7.2 using FW release 12.18.2000 with mlx5 MT_2180110032 adapter
Issue: Trying to bring ib0 interface fails with mlx5_0:mlx5_ib_post_send:
ib0: multicast join failed for ff12:401b:ffff:0000:0000:0000:ffff:ffff, status -22
Workaround: revert MT_2180110032 firmware from 12.18.2000 to 12.12.1100.
-20. NFSoRDMA is not supported
-21. Bug 2628: rstream timeouts on 4k_lat test, qib driver
-22. SRP issues on RHEL7.2. Bugs: 2631, 2632 and 2634
- Workaround with the SRP issue:
- It is possible to install the ib_srp-backport driver on top of OFED as follow:
- 1. Install the OS (RHEL, SLES, ...).
- 2. Install OFED.
- 3. Install the ib_srp-backport driver, e.g. as follows (assuming $USER !=root):
- git clone https://github.com/bvanassche/ib_srp-backport
- cd ib_srp-backport
- make rpm
- sudo rpm -U $PWD/rpmbuilddir/RPMS/*/*.rpm
+19. Bug 2628: rstream timeouts on 4k_lat test, qib driver
Note: See the release notes of each component for additional issues.
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