From: Vladimir Sokolovsky Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2011 23:36:47 +0000 (+0200) Subject: Updated OFED RN X-Git-Url: https://openfabrics.org/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=8e8d62e041d285173ebc184f2f95ee01de253af5;p=~tnikolova%2Fdocs%2F.git Updated OFED RN Signed-off-by: Vladimir Sokolovsky --- diff --git a/OFED_release_notes.txt b/OFED_release_notes.txt index 566cf37..15d9e48 100644 --- a/OFED_release_notes.txt +++ b/OFED_release_notes.txt @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ Open Fabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED) - Version 1.5.3.2 + Version 1.5.4 Release Notes - July 2011 + October 2011 =============================================================================== @@ -14,20 +14,15 @@ Table of Contents - Tested Switch Platforms - Third party Test Packages - OFED sources -2. Main Changes from OFED 1.5.3.1 -3. Main Changes from OFED 1.5.3 -4. Main Changes from OFED 1.5.2 -5. Main Changes from OFED 1.5.1 -6. Main Changes from OFED 1.5 -7. Main Changes from OFED 1.4.2 -8. Known Issues +2. Change log +3. Known Issues =============================================================================== 1. Overview =============================================================================== These are the release notes of OpenFabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED) -release 1.5.3. The OFED software package is composed of several software modules, +release 1.5.4. 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. @@ -79,18 +74,16 @@ Notes: - ia64 o Linux Operating Systems: - - RedHat EL5 up5 2.6.18-194.el5 - RedHat EL5 up6 2.6.18-238.el5 - RedHat EL5 up7 2.6.18-274.el5 - RedHat EL6 2.6.32-71.el6 - RedHat EL6.1 2.6.32-131.0.15.el6 - - SLES10 SP3 2.6.16.60-0.54-smp + - RedHat EL6.2 Beta 2.6.32-202.el6 - SLES10 SP4 2.6.16.60-0.85.1-smp - SLES11 2.6.27.19-5-default - SLES11 SP1 2.6.32.12-0.7-default - - CentOS5.5 2.6.18-194.el5 - - OpenSuSE 11.2 2.6.31.5-0.1-default * - - kernel.org 2.6.29 - 2.6.39 * + - Scientific Linux 6.1 2.6.32-131.0.15.el6 + - kernel.org 2.6.30 - 3.0 * * Minimal QA for these versions @@ -100,11 +93,12 @@ This release supports IB HCAs by Mellanox Technologies, Qlogic and IBM as well as iWARP RNICs by Chelsio Communications and Intel. o Mellanox Technologies HCAs (SDR, DDR and QDR Modes are Supported): - - InfiniHost (fw-23108 Rev 3.5.000) - - InfiniHost III Ex (MemFree: fw-25218 Rev 5.3.000 - with memory: fw-25208 Rev 4.8.200) - - InfiniHost III Lx (fw-25204 Rev 1.2.000) - - ConnectX IB (fw-25408 Rev 2.8.0600) + - ConnectX(R) and ConnectX EN (fw-25408 Rev 2.9.1000) + - ConnectX-2 (fw-ConnectX2 Rev 2.9.1000) + - ConnectX-2 EN (fw-ConnectX2 Rev 2.9.1000) + - ConnectX-3 (fw-4099) + Note: To receive ConnectX-3 firmware, please contact your Mellanox + representative. For official firmware versions please see: http://www.mellanox.com/content/pages.php?pg=firmware_download @@ -131,7 +125,6 @@ well as iWARP RNICs by Chelsio Communications and Intel. ---------------------- This release was tested with switches and gateways provided by the following companies: - - Voltaire - Qlogic - Flextronics - Oracle (Sun) @@ -139,9 +132,9 @@ companies: 1.5 Third Party Packages ------------------------ -The following third party packages have been tested with OFED 1.5.3: +The following third party packages have been tested with OFED 1.5.4: - Intel MPI, Version 3.2.2 -- Intel MPI, Version 4.0 beta +- Intel MPI, Version 4.0 1.6 OFED Sources ---------------- @@ -155,21 +148,44 @@ are included in the OFED sources directory. For details see HOWTO.build_ofed. =============================================================================== -2. Main Changes from OFED 1.5.3.1 +2. Change log =============================================================================== +OFED-1.5.4 Main Changes from OFED 1.5.3.2 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +1. Add kernel 3.0 support +2. Add RHEL6.2 beta support +3. Updated packages: + mstflint-1.4-1.13.g67bb70f + libcxgb3-1.3.1 + libcxgb4-1.1.1 + dapl-2.0.33 + ibacm-1.0.5 + librdmacm-1.0.15 + ibutils-1.5.7-0.1.g05a9d1a + infinipath-psm-2.9-926.1005_open + perftest-1.3.0-0.50.g30a230a + + Management: + libibmad-1.3.8 + infiniband-diags-1.5.9 + opensm-3.3.11 + + MPI: + mvapich2-1.7-1 + +OFED-1.5.3.2 Main Changes from OFED 1.5.3.1 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Add RHEL5.7 support 2. Add RHEL6.1 support 3. Add kernel.org 2.6.37 - 2.6.39 support 4. ib-bonding-0.9.0-43 (SLES10 SP4 support) -=============================================================================== -3. Main Changes from OFED 1.5.3 -=============================================================================== +OFED-1.5.3.1 Main Changes from OFED 1.5.3 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Fix QIB support on SLES10 SP3 -=============================================================================== -4. Main Changes from OFED 1.5.2 -=============================================================================== +OFED-1.5.3 Main Changes from OFED 1.5.2 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Updated packages: dapl-2.0.32 librdmacm-1.0.14.1 @@ -207,9 +223,8 @@ For details see HOWTO.build_ofed. After adding the lines above to ofed.conf, to install OFED run # ./install.pl -c ofed.conf -=============================================================================== -5. Main Changes from OFED 1.5.1 -=============================================================================== +OFED-1.5.2 Main Changes from OFED 1.5.1 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Added RHEL5.5, SLES11 SP1 and kernel 2.6.33 support 2. /etc/modprobe.conf deprecated ib_ipoib use /etc/modprobe.d/ib_ipoib.conf @@ -241,9 +256,8 @@ For details see HOWTO.build_ofed. mvapich2 to rev 1.5.1-2.p1 mpitests to rev 3.2-923 -=============================================================================== -6. Main Changes from OFED 1.5 -=============================================================================== +OFED-1.5.1 Main Changes from OFED 1.5 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Added RoCEE support - see RoCEE_README.txt 2. Added enhanced atomic operations to ConnectX (kernel only). See mlx4_release_notes.txt. @@ -257,9 +271,8 @@ For details see HOWTO.build_ofed. 10. Fixed IPv6 support and IPv4 routing corner cases for RDMA CM 11. Bug fixes -=============================================================================== -7. Main Changes from OFED 1.4.2 -=============================================================================== +OFED-1.5 Main Changes from OFED 1.4.2 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Note: For details regarding the various changes, please see the release notes for each package in the docs directory. @@ -311,10 +324,10 @@ for each package in the docs directory. o NFS-RDMA is in Beta level =============================================================================== -8. Known Issues +3. Known Issues =============================================================================== The following is a list of general limitations and known issues of the various -components of the OFED 1.5.3 release. +components of the OFED 1.5.4 release. 1. When upgrading from an earlier OFED version, the installation script does not stop the earlier OFED version prior to uninstalling it. @@ -347,14 +360,6 @@ components of the OFED 1.5.3 release. 10. On SLES11, set allow_unsupported_modules parameter to 1 in file: /etc/modprobe.d/unsupported-modules. Without this the modules will not load. -11. iSER is supported on kernel.org 2.6.30, 2.6.31 and 2.6.32 only. - OFED-1.5.3 will not install iSER on other kernels, and the original iSER - module that comes with the Linux distribution will stop working due to a - mismatch in the symbols version. -12. On SLES10 SP3, the kernel 2.6.16.60-0.54.5 should be updated to - 2.6.16.60-0.59.1 or later. The original kernel may cause kernel panic - during '/etc/init.d/openibd restart'. -13. ConnectX/ConnectX2 in VPI mode are not supported in PPC64 Note: See the release notes of each component for additional issues.