From: Tziporet Koren Date: Mon, 5 May 2008 10:35:25 +0000 (+0300) Subject: updates for OFED 1.3.1 X-Git-Url: https://openfabrics.org/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=21a7f1dcd6a29e04d9b7f74d0a2ae15c963936ab;p=~aditr%2Fcompat-rdma-docs.git updates for OFED 1.3.1 Signed-off-by: Tziporet Koren --- diff --git a/OFED_Installation_Guide.txt b/OFED_Installation_Guide.txt index f96b0ff..aadb03a 100644 --- a/OFED_Installation_Guide.txt +++ b/OFED_Installation_Guide.txt @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ Open Fabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED) - Version 1.3 + Version 1.3.1 Installation Guide - February 2008 + May 2008 ============================================================================== Table of contents @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ General Notes: 2) When installing OFED on an entire [homogeneous] cluster, a common strategy is to install the software on one of the cluster nodes (perhaps on a shared file system such as NFS). The resulting RPMs, - created under OFED-1.3/RPMS directory, can then be installed on all + created under OFED-1.3.1/RPMS directory, can then be installed on all nodes in the cluster using any cluster-aware tools (such as pdsh). ============================================================================== diff --git a/OFED_release_notes.txt b/OFED_release_notes.txt index 2c3ff81..6004053 100644 --- a/OFED_release_notes.txt +++ b/OFED_release_notes.txt @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ Open Fabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED) - Version 1.3 + Version 1.3.1-rc1 Release Notes - February 2008 + May 2008 =============================================================================== @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Table of Contents - Third party Test Packages - OFED sources 2. Main Changes from OFED 1.2.5 -3. Fixed Bugs +3. Changes and Fixed Bugs since OFED 1.3 4. Known Issues @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Table of Contents 1. Overview =============================================================================== These are the release notes of OpenFabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED) -release 1.3 The OFED software package is composed of several software modules, +release 1.3.1 The OFED software package is composed of several software modules, and is intended for use on a computer cluster constructed as an InfiniBand subnet or iWARP network. @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ Note: If you plan to upgrade the OFED package on your cluster, please upgrade all of its nodes to this new version. -1.1 OFED 1.3 Contents +1.1 OFED 1.3.1 Contents ----------------------- The OFED package contains the following components: - OpenFabrics core and ULPs: @@ -240,8 +240,21 @@ for each package in the docs directory. - Blocking =============================================================================== -3. Fixed Bugs +3. Changes and Fixed Bugs since OFED 1.3 =============================================================================== +- MVAPICH 1.0.1 +- Open MPI 1.2.6 +- uDAPL v1 (1.2.6) and v2 (2.0.8) +- librdmacm 1.0.7 +- IPoIB bug fixes +- SRP bug fixes +- Bonding fixes and support for SM failover. +- Low level drivers update: + - cxgb3 (Chelsio) + - ehca (IBM) + - mlx4 (Mellanox) + - nes (NetEffect) + Note: For details regarding the various fixed bugs, please see the release notes for each component in the docs directory. @@ -268,5 +281,10 @@ components of the OFED 1.3 release. 4. The ipath driver is supported only on 64-bit platforms. 5. When installing OFED on OpenSuse or Ubuntu one should use the --without-depcheck option of the install.pl script - +6. To install OFED 1.3 on Fedora Core 8 one should: + 1. Install libtool RPM (required by libibcommon) + 2. Install tcsh RPM (required by mpi-selector) + 3. Create the file '.rpmmacros' (required by mvapich): + echo "%__arch_install_post %{nil}" >> /root/.rpmmacros + Note: See the release notes of each component for additional issues. diff --git a/ipoib_release_notes.txt b/ipoib_release_notes.txt index cf489f8..127e610 100755 --- a/ipoib_release_notes.txt +++ b/ipoib_release_notes.txt @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ Table of Contents 4. DHCP Support of IPoIB 5. The ib-bonding driver 6. Bug Fixes and Enhancements Since OFED 1.2 +6. Bug Fixes and Enhancements Since OFED 1.3 =============================================================================== 1. Overview @@ -75,7 +76,7 @@ will be configured to this maximum value. Usage and configuration: - +======================== 1. To check the current mode used for outgoing connections, enter: cat /sys/class/net/ib0/mode 2. To disable IPoIB CM at compile time, enter: @@ -97,6 +98,10 @@ Usage and configuration: To increase MTU, enter: ifconfig ib0 mtu 65520 +5. Switching between CM and UD mode can be done in runtime: + echo datagram > /sys/class/net/ib0/mode sets the mode of ib0 to UD + echo connected > /sys/class/net/ib0/mode sets the mode ib0 to CM + =============================================================================== 3. Known Issues @@ -261,9 +266,9 @@ Notes: - Fixed kernel oops in IPoIB download - Fix a crasher bug in IPoIB CM by initializing RX before moving QP to RTR. + =============================================================================== -7. Notes +7. Bug Fixes and Enhancements Since OFED 1.3 =============================================================================== -1. Switching between CM and UD mode can be done in runtime: -echo datagram > /sys/class/net/ib0/mode sets the mode of ib0 to UD -echo connected > /sys/class/net/ib0/mode sets the mode ib0 to CM +- Don't drop multicast sends when they can be queued +- Bug fix when copying small SKBs diff --git a/rdma_cm_release_notes.txt b/rdma_cm_release_notes.txt index fc15780..2546915 100644 --- a/rdma_cm_release_notes.txt +++ b/rdma_cm_release_notes.txt @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ Open Fabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED) - RDMA CM in OFED 1.3 Release Notes + RDMA CM in OFED 1.3.1 Release Notes - February 2008 + May 2008 =============================================================================== @@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ Table of Contents 1. Overview 2. New Features 3. Known Issues +4. Fixed bugs since OFED 1.3 =============================================================================== 1. Overview @@ -84,3 +85,8 @@ following: device's IP address. +=============================================================================== +4. Fixed bugs since OFED 1.3 +=============================================================================== +- The reject status fix has been inserted for DAPL. + diff --git a/uDAPL_release_notes.txt b/uDAPL_release_notes.txt index 84c20d7..92bd8cc 100644 --- a/uDAPL_release_notes.txt +++ b/uDAPL_release_notes.txt @@ -1,14 +1,24 @@ Release Notes for - OFED 1.3 DAPL Release - February 2008 + OFED 1.3.1 DAPL Release + May 2008 - OFED 1.3 RELEASE NOTES + OFED 1.3.1 RELEASE NOTES This release of the DAPL reference implementation - is timed to coincide with OFED release 1.3 of the + is timed to coincide with OFED release 1.3.1 of the Open Fabrics (www.openfabrics.org) software stack. + NEW SINCE OFED 1.3 + OFED 1.3.1 includes new versions of uDAPL v1 (1.2.6) and v2 (2.0.8) + + Summary of changes since OFED 1.3 release: + v2 - add private data exchange with reject + v1,v2 - better error reporting in non-debug builds + v1,v2 - update only OFA entries in dat.conf, cooperate with non-ofa providers + v1,v2 - support for zero byte operations, iov==NULL + v1,v2 - multi-transport support for inline data and private data differences + v1,v2 - fix memory leaks and other reported bugs since OFED 1.3 NEW SINCE OFED 1.2