Open Fabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED)
- Version 4.8-1 Release Notes
- November 2017
+ Version 4.8-2 Release Notes
+ February 2018
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Table of Contents
1. Overview
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These are the release notes of OpenFabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED)
-release 4.8-1. The OFED software package is composed of several software modules,
+release 4.8-2. 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 4.8-1 Contents
+1.1 OFED 4.8-2 Contents
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The OFED package contains the following components:
- OpenFabrics core and ULPs:
- RedHat EL7.1 3.10.0-210.el7
- RedHat EL7.2 3.10.0-327.el7
- RedHat EL7.3 3.10.0-514.el7
+ - RedHat EL7.4 3.10.0-693.el7
- SLES12 3.12.28-4
- SLES12.1 3.12.49-11.1
- SLES12.2 4.4.21-69-default
+ - SLES12.3 4.4.73-5-default
- kernel.org 4.8 *
* Minimal QA for these versions.
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2. Change log
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+OFED-4.8-2-rc1 Main Changes from OFED-4.8-1
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+1. compat-rdma
+- bnxt_en: Fix Max MTU setting on SLES 12 SP3
+- qede: SLE12SP3 Backport fix use core min max MTU check
+- cxgb: SLE12SP3 Backport fix: use net core MTU range checking
+- Remove vmw_pvrdma tech preview patches
+- Fixed mlx4 backport
+- qedr cherry pick: lower message verbosity
+- Update qib backport for SLES 12.3
+- bnxt_en: backport for RH 7.0 and 7.1
+- compat-rdma.spec: Added compat-rdma-firmware subpackage
+- bnxt_en: Backporting for RHEL 7.4 and SLES12SP3
+- qedr: Add backports for RHEL 7.4 and SLES 12 SP3
+- configure: Add parameters for RXE and RDMAVT
+- ib_iser: Added support for SLES12 SP3
+- mlx5: Added support for SLES12 SP3
+- mlx4: Added support for SLES12 SP3
+- ib_core: Added support for SLES12 SP3
+- mlx5: Added RHEL7.4 support
+- mlx4: Added RHEL7.4 support
+- configure/makefile: Rename CONFIG_INFINIBAND_RXE -> CONFIG_RDMA_RXE to match upstream
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+2. Updated packages
+- rdma-core-v16.2
+- fabtests-1.5.3
+- libfabric-1.5.3
+- perftest-4.1-0.2.g770623f
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+3. ofed_scripts
+- add --with-rdmavt-mod for qib
+- Add VMware Paravirtual RDMA Driver as an installable driver
+- Remove vmw_pvrdma tech preview install option
+- install.pl: Added rdma-core-devel dependency for the perftest build
+- Revert "install.pl: Enable bnxt_re on supported OSes only"
+- install.pl: Added compat-rdma-firmware package
+- install.pl: Enable bnxt_re on supported OSes only
+- install.pl: Updated rdma-core dependencies
+- install.pl: Remove requirement on the specific cmake version
+- install.pl: Added support for SLES12 SP3
+- install.pl: Added RHEL7.4 support
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OFED-4.8-1 Main Changes from OFED-4.8
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1. compat-rdma
form, so, they cannot be verified by the install.pl script.
Using '--without-depcheck' when the dependency is actually not present may
lead to undesired behaviour both in compilation and run time.
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+2. ULP and Driver restrictions:
+- NVMe-oF (kernel 4.8 only)
+- NFS-RDMA (SLES12.2 RH7.3 only).
+- i40iw 10GbE iWARP Adapter (kernel 4.8 only)