General:
o Common to all gcc, glib, glib-devel, glibc, glibc-devel, zlib-devel
automake, autoconf, libtool.
-o RedHat kernel-devel, sysfsutils, sysfsutils-devel, rpm-build
+o RedHat, Fedora kernel-devel, rpm-build
o SLES 9.0 kernel-source, udev, rpm
-o SLES 10.0 kernel-source, sysfsutils, sysfsutils-devel, rpm
+o SLES 10.0 kernel-source, rpm
+
+Note: To build 32-bit libraries on x86_64 and ppc64 glibc-devel 32bit
+ should be installed
Specific Component Requirements:
o OSU MPI a Fortran Compiler (such as gcc-g77)
General:
o Common to all gcc, glib, glib-devel, glibc, glibc-devel,
automake, autoconf, libtool.
-o RedHat kernel-devel, sysfsutils, sysfsutils-devel, rpm-build
+o RedHat, Fedora kernel-devel, rpm-build
o SLES 9.0 kernel-source, udev, rpm
-o SLES 10.0 kernel-source, sysfsutils, sysfsutils-devel, rpm
+o SLES 10.0 kernel-source, rpm
+
+Note: To build 32-bit libraries on x86_64 and ppc64 glibc-devel 32bit
+ should be installed
Specific Component Requirements:
o OSU MPI requires: Fortran Compiler(default: gcc-g77)
-o ibutils: tcl-8.4, tcl-devel-8.4
+o ibutils: tcl-8.4, tcl-devel-8.4, tk
o tvflash: pciutils-devel
+o mvapich2: libsysfs, libsysfs-devel
*** Important Note for open-iscsi users:
Installing iSER as part of OFED installation will also install open-iscsi.
temporary directory if desired.
build.sh will also prompt the user for the installation directory. By default it
-is /usr/local/ofed.
+is /usr
The RPMs will be placed under ./RPMS directory.
For further details, see "Building OFED RPMs" and "Advanced Usage of OFED" in
5. Installing OFED Software
============================
-The default installation directory is: /usr/local/ofed
+The default installation directory is: /usr
Install Quick Guide:
1) Download and extract: tar xzvf OFED-1.2.tgz file.
env LD_PRELOAD='stack_prefix'/lib/libsdp.so
LIBSDP_CONFIG_FILE='stack_prefix'/etc/libsdp.conf <application name>
(or LD_PRELOAD='stack_prefix'/lib64/libsdp.so on 64 bit machines)
- The default 'stack_prefix' is /usr/local/ofed.
+ The default 'stack_prefix' is /usr
7. MPI (Message Passing Interface)
There are two MPI stacks included in this release of OFED:
-- Ohio State University's MVAPICH 0.9.7 (specifically updated and
+- Ohio State University's MVAPICH 0.9.9 (specifically updated and
modified by Mellanox Technologies and Cisco or this release of OFED)
- Open MPI 1.2.1
8. Related Documentation
========================
1) Release Notes for OFED Distribution components are to be found under
- OFED-1.2/docs and, after the package installation, under <prefix>/docs.
+ OFED-1.2/docs and, after the package installation, under
+ /usr/share/doc/ofed-docs-1.2 for RedHat
+ /usr/share/doc/packages/ofed-docs-1.2 for SuSE.
2) For a detailed installation guide, see OFED_Installation_Guide.txt.
-3) MPI_README.txt under <prefix>/docs.
-4) OFED_tips.txt under <prefix>/docs
-5) PERF_TEST_README.txt under <prefix>/docs
-5) For more information, please visit the OFED web-page http://www.openfabrics.org
+3) For more information, please visit the OFED web-page http://www.openfabrics.org
For more information contact your InfiniBand vendor.