From: Rupert Dance Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2014 03:39:41 +0000 (-0700) Subject: Updated OFED_release_notes for OFED 3.12-1 RC1 X-Git-Url: https://openfabrics.org/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=5dcb447f7dd93a8cf275325e5802614e45f260b6;p=~tnikolova%2Fdocs%2F.git Updated OFED_release_notes for OFED 3.12-1 RC1 --- diff --git a/OFED_release_notes.txt b/OFED_release_notes.txt index 9accf01..91f97ab 100644 --- a/OFED_release_notes.txt +++ b/OFED_release_notes.txt @@ -1,12 +1,12 @@ Open Fabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED) - Version 3.12 Release Notes - May 2014 + Version 3.12-1 Release Notes + August 2014 =============================================================================== Table of Contents =============================================================================== 1. Overview, which includes: - - OFED Distribution Rev 3.12 Contents + - OFED Distribution Rev 3.12-1 Contents - Supported Platforms and Operating Systems - Supported HCA and RNIC Adapter Cards and Firmware Versions - Tested Switch Platforms @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Table of Contents 1. Overview =============================================================================== These are the release notes of OpenFabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED) -release 3.12. The OFED software package is composed of several software modules, +release 3.12-1. 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. @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ 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 3.12 Contents +1.1 OFED 3.12-1 Contents ----------------------- The OFED package contains the following components: - OpenFabrics core and ULPs: @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ The OFED package contains the following components: o Linux Operating Systems: - RedHat EL6.4 2.6.32-358.el6 - RedHat EL6.5 2.6.32-431.el6 + - RedHat EL7.0 3.10.0-123.4.4 - SLES11 SP3 3.0.76-0.9.1 - kernel.org 3.12 * @@ -146,7 +147,7 @@ RoCE Switches 1.5 Third Party Packages ------------------------ -The following third party packages have been tested with OFED 3.12: +The following third party packages have been tested with OFED 3.12-1: - Open MPI - 1.8 - Intel MPI 4.1.3 - MVAPICH2 @@ -157,11 +158,11 @@ All sources are located under git://git.openfabrics.org/ Linux: ------ -URL: git://git.openfabrics.org/compat-rdma/linux-3.12.git +URL: git://git.openfabrics.org/compat-rdma/linux-3.12-1.git Branch: master - Linux kernel sub-tree that includes files relevant for the OFED project only. - Based on v3.12. Used to shorten git clone time. + Based on v3.12-1. Used to shorten git clone time. Note: the regular Linux git tree can be used as well. compat: @@ -193,56 +194,32 @@ http://www.openfabrics.org/downloads/MAINTAINERS =============================================================================== 2. Change log =============================================================================== -OFED-3.12-rc3 Main Changes from OFED 3.12-rc2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -1. Updated packages: - - perftest-2.2-0.17 -2. Bugs solved - -OFED-3.12-rc2 Main Changes from OFED 3.12-rc1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -1. Updated packages: - - dapl-2.0.42 - - ibutils-1.5.7-0.2.gbd7e502.tar.gz - - libcxgb4-1.3.3 - - mstflint-3.6.0-1.8 - - perftest-2.2-0.16.g8406133.tar.gz - -OFED-3.12-rc1 Main Changes from OFED 3.5-2 +OFED-3.12-1-rc1 Main Changes from OFED 3.12 GA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Add support for the OSes - - RedHat EL6.5 -2. New drivers available - - ocrdma - - libocrdma-1.0.2 - - mlx5 - - libmlx5-1.0.1 -3. Updated packages: - - dapl-2.0.40 - - ibsim-0.6 - - infiniband-diags-1.6.4 - - infinipath-psm-3.2-2_ga8c3e3e_open - - libcxgb4-1.3.2 - - libibmad-1.3.11 - - libibumad-1.3.9 - - libipathverbs-1.2.1 - - libnes-1.1.4 - - librdmacm-1.0.18 - - mstflint-3.5.0 - - opensm-3.3.17 - - perftest-2.0-0.80.g54c73c6 - - srptools-1.0.2 + - RedHat EL7.0 +2. Updated packages: + - dapl-2.1.1 + - ibacm-1.0.9 + - libcxgb4-1.3.5 + - libibverbs-1.1.8 + - libmlx4-1.0.6 + - libocrdma-1.0.3 + - librdmacm-1.0.19.1 + - mstflint-3.7.0-1.17 + - opensm-3.3.18 + - perftest-2.3-0.12 =============================================================================== 3. Known Issues =============================================================================== The following is a list of general limitations and known issues of the various -components of the OFED 3.12-rc2 release. +components of the OFED 3.12-1 release. 01. When upgrading from an earlier OFED version, the installation script does not stop the earlier OFED version prior to uninstalling it. Workaround: Stop the old OFED stack (/etc/init.d/openibd stop) before - upgrading to OFED 3.12 or reboot the server after OFED installation. + upgrading to OFED 3.12-1 or reboot the server after OFED installation. 02. Memory registration by the user is limited according to administrator setting. See "Pinning (Locking) User Memory Pages" in OFED_tips.txt for system configuration. @@ -261,13 +238,7 @@ components of the OFED 3.12-rc2 release. /etc/modprobe.d/unsupported-modules. Without this the modules will not load. 08. RDS is supported only on kernel.org 3.5 and not on any distro OS. -09. There is an issue with NFSoRDMA when running on Power PC. This will be - resolved in OFED 3.12-1 - see Bug 2449 -10. There are known issues with iWARP using Chelsio adapters which will be - resolved in OFED 3.12-1 See Bugs 2482, 2485 and 2487 -11. There are some issues with NFSoRDMA and there are some pending patches on kernel.org. These will be - resolved in OFED 3.12-1 - see Bugw 2489 and 2490 -12. Newer SLES or RHEL patch kernels that are updates to the original kernel that is included in the +09. Newer SLES or RHEL patch kernels that are updates to the original kernel that is included in the original SLES or RHEL distibutions may not work with OFED-3.12. The list of kernels that are supported are listed in section 1.2.