From: Andy Grover <andy.grover@oracle.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:16:08 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: RDS: update release notes
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RDS: update release notes

update release notes for ofed 1.5.1

Signed-off-by: Andy Grover <andy.grover@oracle.com>
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diff --git a/rds_release_notes.txt b/rds_release_notes.txt
index 0381f80..d532461 100644
--- a/rds_release_notes.txt
+++ b/rds_release_notes.txt
@@ -10,10 +10,11 @@ Table of Contents
 2. Supported Platforms
 3. Installation & Configuration
 4. New Features
-5. Bug fixes and Enhancements since OFED 1.3.1
-6. Bug fixes and Enhancements since OFED 1.3
-7. Bug fixes and Enhancements since OFED 1.2
-8. Known Issues
+5. Bug fixes and Enhancements since OFED 1.4
+6. Bug fixes and Enhancements since OFED 1.3.1
+7. Bug fixes and Enhancements since OFED 1.3
+8. Bug fixes and Enhancements since OFED 1.2
+9. Known Issues
 
 ===============================================================================
 1. Overview
@@ -26,10 +27,7 @@ For details see RDS_README.txt and man 7 rds.
 2. supported platforms
 ===============================================================================
 
-        RHEL5.0 Update 3,4
-        SLES 10 SP2,3
-        SLES 11
-        kernel.org 2.6.29, 2.6.30, 2.6.31 and 2.6.32
+Same as overall OFED release.
 
 ===============================================================================
 3. Installation & Configuration
@@ -47,10 +45,27 @@ RDS_LOAD=yes
 4. New Features
 ===============================================================================
 
-Added TCP transport.
+GET_MR_FOR_DEST sockopt added. This allows a MR to be associated with
+a remote host. GET_MR sockopt deprecated.
+
+Transports now modularized: rds_rdma.ko (IB and iWARP) and
+rds_tcp.ko. This enables RDS use with TCP, without the IB stack
+loaded.
+
+Improved receive processing to lower amount of time spent with interrupts
+disabled.
+
+===============================================================================
+5. Bug fixes and Enhancements since OFED 1.4
+===============================================================================
+
+* Set retry_count to 2 and make modifiable via modparam
+* Many locking fixes
+* Rebased to mainline kernel 2.6.30 resulted in rds trace framework
+  being removed.
 
 ===============================================================================
-5. Bug fixes and Enhancements since OFED 1.3.1
+6. Bug fixes and Enhancements since OFED 1.3.1
 ===============================================================================
 - RDMA completion notifications are signalled when the IB stack gives us the
   completion event for the accompanying RDS message. This is a change from the
@@ -62,7 +77,7 @@ Added TCP transport.
 - RDS should now work on Qlogic HCAs.
 
 ===============================================================================
-6. Bug fixes and Enhancements since OFED 1.3 
+7. Bug fixes and Enhancements since OFED 1.3
 ===============================================================================
 - Fix a bug in RDMA signaling
 - Add 3 more stats counters
@@ -70,7 +85,7 @@ Added TCP transport.
 - Fixes for RDMA API
 
 ===============================================================================
-7. Bug fixes and Enhancements since OFED 1.2 
+8. Bug fixes and Enhancements since OFED 1.2
 ===============================================================================
 
 1) Wire protocol for RDS v3 and RDS v2 are not compatible. 
@@ -90,6 +105,6 @@ When application calls recvmsg (2), it will be given the control message
 containing the bitmap on the socket.
  
 ===============================================================================
-8. Known Issues
+9. Known Issues
 ===============================================================================
 1. RDMAs over 1 MiB not supported.