updates for 1.2.c-10

diff --git a/OFED_release_notes.txt b/OFED_release_notes.txt
index 9da338ec806ad496b79cfa4f721c8e7ccb84d943..d86c333f06f328f8956de71d2d0a19bdaa1a5b38 100644 (file)
--- a/OFED_release_notes.txt
+++ b/OFED_release_notes.txt
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ Notes:
        - RedHat EL4 up5: 2.6.9-55.ELsmp
        - RedHat EL5: 2.6.18-8.el5
        - SLES10: 2.6.16.21-0.8-smp
-       - kernel.org: 2.6.20.x
+       - kernel.org: 2.6.20.x and 2.6.22
        - SLES10 SP1: 2.6.16.46-0.12-smp (partially tested)
        
 1.3 HCAs and RNICs Supported
@@ -235,8 +235,6 @@ for each package in the docs directory.
 3.1 Changes in components:
     The following components are different between OFED 1.2 and OFED 1.2.c:
     User space:
-    - libibverbs
-    - libmthca
     - libmlx4 (new) 
     - mstflint (was enhanced to support ConnectX IB)
     - ofascripts
@@ -250,13 +248,15 @@ for each package in the docs directory.
     - core (the verbs providers)
 
 ===============================================================================
-4. Fixed Bugs since OFED 1.2.c-8
+4. Fixed Bugs since OFED 1.2.c-9
 ===============================================================================
-1. Kernel oops in IPoIB on restart of the driver.
-2. IPoIB CM is now the default.
-3. MPI with SRQ is supported.
+- Kernel 2.6.22 is now supported
+- Add libsysfs and libstdc++ 32-bit dependency for openmpi on PPC64.
+- iser: kfifo.c now taken from upstream kernel.
+- cma: Added module parameter to allow adjusting the response timeout for
+  situations when the default timeout is not long enough
 
-Bugs fixed in each package are reported in the package's release notes.
+Bugs fixed in mlx4 (ConnectX driver) are reported in mlx4_release_notes.txt.
 
 
 ===============================================================================

diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt
index b3b3b38a4a23d4ec63894e512dacccf87efe325c..c9e4c22e156d2c2401b26b56b6f5d958111132eb 100644 (file)
--- a/README.txt
+++ b/README.txt
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
            Open Fabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED)
-                            Version 1.2
+                            Version 1.2.c
                              README
                          
-                            June 2007
+                            July 2007
 
-This is the OpenFabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED) version 1.2
+This is the OpenFabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED) version 1.2.c
 software package supporting InfiniBand and iWARP fabrics. It is composed
 of several software modules intended for use on a computer cluster
 constructed as an InfiniBand subnet or an iWARP network.
@@ -25,9 +25,8 @@ This document includes the following sections:
 
 OpenFabrics Home Page:  http://www.openfabrics.org
 
-The OFED rev 1.2 software download available in
-http://www.openfabrics.org/downloads.htm 
-http://www.openfabrics.org/builds/ofed-1.2/
+The OFED rev 1.2.c software download available in
+http://www.openfabrics.org/builds/connectx/release/
 
 Please email bugs and error reports to your InfiniBand vendor, or use bugzilla
 https://bugs.openfabrics.org/
@@ -151,7 +150,7 @@ is /usr
 The RPMs will be placed under ./RPMS directory.
 
 For further details, see "Building OFED RPMs" and "Advanced Usage of OFED" in
-OFED_Installation_Guide.txt under OFED-1.2/docs. 
+OFED_Installation_Guide.txt under OFED-1.2.c/docs. 
 
 
 5. Installing OFED Software
@@ -160,11 +159,11 @@ OFED_Installation_Guide.txt under OFED-1.2/docs.
 The default installation directory is:   /usr
 
 Install Quick Guide:
-1) Download and extract: tar xzvf OFED-1.2.tgz file.
-2) Change into directory: cd OFED-1.2
+1) Download and extract: tar xzvf OFED-1.2.c.tgz file.
+2) Change into directory: cd OFED-1.2.c
 3) Run as root: ./install.sh
 4) Follow the directions to install required components. For details, please see
-   OFED_Installation_Guide.txt under OFED-1.2/docs.
+   OFED_Installation_Guide.txt under OFED-1.2.c/docs.
 
 
 Note: The install script removes previously installed IB packages and 
@@ -227,11 +226,10 @@ In Step 2 of the main menu of install.sh, options 2, 3 and 4 can
 install one or more MPI stacks.  Multiple MPI stacks can be installed
 simultaneously -- they will not conflict with each other.  
 
-There are two MPI stacks included in this release of OFED:
-
-- 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
+Three MPI stacks are included in this release of OFED:
+- MVAPICH 0.9.9
+- Open MPI 1.2.2-1
+- MVAPICH2 0.9.8p2
 
 OFED also includes 4 basic tests that can be run against each MPI
 stack: bandwidth (bw), latency (lt), Intel MPI Benchmark and Presta. The tests
@@ -244,12 +242,12 @@ the tests.
 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 
-   /usr/share/doc/ofed-docs-1.2 for RedHat
-   /usr/share/doc/packages/ofed-docs-1.2 for SuSE.
+   OFED-1.2.c/docs and, after the package installation, under 
+   /usr/share/doc/ofed-docs-1.2.c for RedHat
+   /usr/share/doc/packages/ofed-docs-1.2.c for SuSE.
 2) For a detailed installation guide, see OFED_Installation_Guide.txt.
 3) For more information, please visit the OFED web-page http://www.openfabrics.org
 
 
-For more information contact your InfiniBand vendor. 
+For more information contact your vendor. 
 

diff --git a/mlx4_release_notes.txt b/mlx4_release_notes.txt
index e3405074a273acfdd7dc0bcf67b99bb6df2b6526..62938e2ea25ed25b6a11801b9a82d97c97b698a1 100755 (executable)
--- a/mlx4_release_notes.txt
+++ b/mlx4_release_notes.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
             Open Fabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED)
-                   mlx4 in OFED 1.2.c-9 Release Notes
+                   mlx4 in OFED 1.2.c-10 Release Notes
                          
                           July 2007
 
@@ -64,26 +64,29 @@ The following ULPs are tested:
   o OpenSM
   o MPI (MVAPICH and Open MPI)
   o IPoIB UD and CM
-  o SDP was partially tested
+  o SDP 
+  o SRP was partially tested
 
 ===============================================================================
 4. Fixed Bugs and Enhancements
 ===============================================================================
-- Added support for PCI-Ex gen2 devices; device IDs: 26418 and 26428.
-- Query QP and query SRQ are now supported.
-- Internal error flow was added.
-- Number of QPs that can be attached to the same multicast group was increased
-  to 56.
-- Itanium is now supported.
-- SRQ is now supported.
-- Fork is now supported.
+  o FMRs are now supported
+    In addition:
+    - MTT entries now written by driver directly (WRITE_MTT firmware command
+      no longer used) -- avoids cache-line write race conditions due to FMRs
+    - MPT table now allocated from coherent memory, to avoid race conditions
+      between FMRs and firmware.
+  o query_qp now returns the RQ capabilities to userspace.
+  o Prevent possible data corruption when multiple gather segments are used.
+    This fix requires to write s/g segments and the inline segment (for MSI/GSI)
+    in reverse order into the WQE.
+  o Eliminate double-kfree in mlx4_mr_alloc error flow.
 
 ===============================================================================
 5. Known Issues
 ===============================================================================
 - The following commands and/or features are not supported:
   o Resize CQ
-  o FMRs
   o APM
   o SQD