From: Rupert Dance Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2013 14:24:22 +0000 (-0800) Subject: Updated documentation for OFED 3.5-2 RC3 X-Git-Url: https://openfabrics.org/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=c790adbf6aee71dbc01128d71e05827c9bb56374;p=~aditr%2Fcompat-rdma-docs.git Updated documentation for OFED 3.5-2 RC3 --- diff --git a/OFED_release_notes.txt b/OFED_release_notes.txt index b258e55..44f26ab 100644 --- a/OFED_release_notes.txt +++ b/OFED_release_notes.txt @@ -1,13 +1,12 @@ Open Fabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED) - Version 3.5-2 RC2 Release Notes - October 2013 - + Version 3.5-2 RC3 Release Notes + December 2013 =============================================================================== Table of Contents =============================================================================== 1. Overview, which includes: - - OFED Distribution Rev 3.5-2 RC2 Contents + - OFED Distribution Rev 3.5-2 RC3 Contents - Supported Platforms and Operating Systems - Supported HCA and RNIC Adapter Cards and Firmware Versions - Tested Switch Platforms @@ -16,12 +15,11 @@ Table of Contents 2. Change log 3. Known Issues - =============================================================================== 1. Overview =============================================================================== These are the release notes of OpenFabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED) -release 3.5-2 RC2. The OFED software package is composed of several software modules, +release 3.5-2 RC3. 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. @@ -29,7 +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 3.5-2 RC2 Contents +1.1 OFED 3.5-3 RC2 Contents ----------------------- The OFED package contains the following components: - OpenFabrics core and ULPs: @@ -126,7 +124,7 @@ InfiniBand Switches - SX6036 iWARP Switches - o Fujitisu + o Fujitsu - XG2000C 10Gb Ethernet Switch RoCE Switches @@ -139,7 +137,7 @@ RoCE Switches 1.5 Third Party Packages ------------------------ -The following third party packages have been tested with OFED 3.5-2 RC2: +The following third party packages have been tested with OFED 3.5-2 RC3: - Open MPI - 1.6.5 1.6 OFED Sources @@ -184,64 +182,77 @@ http://www.openfabrics.org/downloads/MAINTAINERS =============================================================================== 2. Change log =============================================================================== -OFED-3.5-2 RC2 Main Changes from OFED 3.5-2 RC1 +OFED-3.5-2 RC3 Main Changes from OFED 3.5-2 RC2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Updated packages: - - dapl-2.0.39 - - infinipath-psm-3.1-4 - - libcxgb4-1.3.1 -2. install.pl: Enable nfsrdma on RHEL6.4 - - if ($kernel =~ m/^3\.5/ or $DISTRO =~ /SLES11.2|RHEL6.[234]/) + - librdmacm-1.0.17.1 + - perftest-2.0-0.63.g5bb5fe6.tar.gz OFED-3.5-2 Main Changes from OFED 3.5-1 and OFED 3.5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Add support for the OSes - RedHat EL6.4 - SLES11 SP3 -2. Removed pacckage +2. Removed packages - compat-dapl 3. Updated packages: - - dapl-2.0.38 + - dapl-2.0.39 - ibacm-1.0.8 - infiniband-diags-1.6.2 - - libcxgb4-1.3.0 + - infinipath-psm-3.1-4 + - libcxgb4-1.3.1 - libibmad-1.3.10 - libibverbs-1.1.7 - libmlx4-1.0.5 - libmthca-1.0.6 - - librdmacm-1.0.17 + - librdmacm-1.0.17.1 - mstflint-3.0-0.6 - opensm-3.3.16 - perftest-2.0-0.58 +New Patches +1. 0001-mlx4_core-Roll-back-round-robin-bitmap-allocation-co.patch + See Bug 2452 + =============================================================================== 3. Known Issues =============================================================================== The following is a list of general limitations and known issues of the various components of the OFED 3.5-2 release. -1. 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 3.5 or reboot the server after OFED installation. -2. Memory registration by the user is limited according to administrator - setting. See "Pinning (Locking) User Memory Pages" in OFED_tips.txt for - system configuration. -3. Fork support from kernel 2.6.12 and above is available provided - that applications do not use threads. fork() is supported as long as the - parent process does not run before the child exits or calls exec(). - The former can be achieved by calling wait(childpid), and the latter can be - achieved by application specific means. The Posix system() call is - supported. -4. The qib driver is supported only on 64-bit platforms. -5. IPoIB: brctl utilities do not work on IPoIB interfaces. The reason for that - is that these utilities support devices of type Ethernet only. -6. In case uninstall is failing, check the error log and remove - the remaining RPMs manually using 'rpm -e '. -7. On SLES11.x, set allow_unsupported_modules parameter to 1 in file: +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 3.5 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. +03. Fork support from kernel 2.6.12 and above is available provided + that applications do not use threads. fork() is supported as long as the + parent process does not run before the child exits or calls exec(). + The former can be achieved by calling wait(childpid), and the latter can be + achieved by application specific means. The Posix system() call is + supported. +04. The qib driver is supported only on 64-bit platforms. +05. IPoIB: brctl utilities do not work on IPoIB interfaces. The reason for that + is that these utilities support devices of type Ethernet only. +06. In case uninstall is failing, check the error log and remove + the remaining RPMs manually using 'rpm -e '. +07. On SLES11.x, set allow_unsupported_modules parameter to 1 in file: /etc/modprobe.d/unsupported-modules. Without this the modules will not load. -8. RDS is supported only on kernel.org 3.5 and not on any distro OS. +08. RDS is supported only on kernel.org 3.5 and not on any distro OS. +09. RHEL 6.5 is not supported in 3.5-2 but will be supported in the next OFED + version which is OFED 3.12 +10. Mellanox ConnectIB HCAs are not supported in OFED 3.5-2. See OFED 3.12 +11. There are known issues with iWARP using Chelsio adapters which will be + resolved in OFED 3.12. See Bugs 2402, 2441 and 2445 +12. There is an issue with dapl which will be resolved in the next release + dapl 2.0.40 which will be included in OFED 3.12 - see Bug 2448 +13. There is an issue with PSM when compiling with gcc >= 4.6. This will be + resolved in OFED 3.12 - see Bug 2430 +14. There is an issue with NFSoRDMA when running on Power PC. This will be + resolved in OFED 3.12 - see Bug 2449 Note: See the release notes of each component for additional issues. diff --git a/OFED_tips.txt b/OFED_tips.txt index b084efd..8e17d75 100644 --- a/OFED_tips.txt +++ b/OFED_tips.txt @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ Open Fabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED) - Tips for Working with OFED 3.5-2 RC2 + Tips for Working with OFED 3.5-2 RC3 October 2013 =============================================================================== @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Table of Contents 1. OFED Utilities 2. Debug HOWTOs 3. Pinning (Locking) User Memory Pages -4. External Module Compilation Over OFED-3.5-2 RC2 +4. External Module Compilation Over OFED-3.5-2 RC3 5. Adding vendor specific actions to the installation of OFED 6. How to compile OFED sources manually @@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ libnes: http://www.openfabrics.org/downloads/nes/libnes-1.1.3.tar.gz librdmacm: -http://www.openfabrics.org/downloads/rdmacm/librdmacm-1.0.17.tar.gz +http://www.openfabrics.org/downloads/rdmacm/librdmacm-1.0.17.1.tar.gz mstflint: http://www.openfabrics.org/downloads/mstflint/mstflint-3.0-0.6.g6961daa.tar.gz @@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ opensm: http://www.openfabrics.org/downloads/management/opensm-3.3.16.tar.gz perftest: -http://www.openfabrics.org/downloads/perftest/perftest-2.0-0.58.gcf63bcd.tar.gz +http://www.openfabrics.org/downloads/perftest/perftest-2.0-0.63.g5bb5fe6.tar.gz qlvnictools: http://www.openfabrics.org/downloads/qlvnictools/qlvnictools-0.0.1-0.1.ge27eef7.tar.gz diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt index 459c959..9a9f737 100644 --- a/README.txt +++ b/README.txt @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ Open Fabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED) - Version 3.5-2 RC2 README - Ocotber 2013 + Version 3.5-2 RC3 README + December 2013 ============================================================================== Table of contents @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Table of contents 1. Overview ============================================================================== -This is the OpenFabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED) version 3.5-2 RC2 +This is the OpenFabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED) version 3.5-2 RC3 software package supporting InfiniBand, iWARP and RoCE fabrics. It is composed of several software modules intended for use on a computer cluster constructed as an InfiniBand subnet or an iWARP network.