From 8bb8002e8c70a2577b2baefce1d588c45f754f55 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michal Kalderon Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2018 10:11:18 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] qedr: Update release notes Signed-off-by: Michal Kalderon --- release_notes/qedr_release_notes.txt | 31 ++++++++++++++-------------- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-) diff --git a/release_notes/qedr_release_notes.txt b/release_notes/qedr_release_notes.txt index f609a82..7bfdc29 100644 --- a/release_notes/qedr_release_notes.txt +++ b/release_notes/qedr_release_notes.txt @@ -1,12 +1,11 @@ Open Fabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED) - QLogic Everest Driver for RDMA protocols (RoCE, and soon iWARP too) + QLogic Everest Driver for RDMA protocols (RoCE, iWARP) QLogic Corporation - Copyright (c) 2014-2017 QLogic Corporation + Copyright (c) 2014-2018 QLogic Corporation + OFED 4.17 Release Notes - OFED 4.18-2 Release Notes - - December 2018 + September 2018 Table of Contents @@ -14,7 +13,6 @@ Table of Contents Introduction Link speed Device configuration - Supported kernels / distros / OFED Supported software RoCE v2 support CPU affinity @@ -30,8 +28,17 @@ This file describes the QEDR (QLogic Everest Driver for RDMA) driver for QL4xxx series of converged network interface cards. The RDMA driver is designed to work in OFED environment in conjunction with the QED core module and the QEDE Ethernet module. In addition, userspace applications require that the libqedr -user library be installed on the server. - +user library be installed on the server as part of the rdma-core package. +The RDMA driver supports both RoCE and iWARP, which protocol will run is determined +in NVRAM. +Make sure you choose the 'qedr' and 'libqedr' options when generating your OFED rpms. + +============================================ +New for OFED-4.17 +============================================ +Add iWARP support. Which protocol will run is determined in NVRAM. +Many bug fixes. Both RoCE and iWARP are much more stable. +Advanced FW version to 8.37.2.0 Link speed ========== @@ -54,13 +61,6 @@ IEEE/CEE/Auto. Configuration of the NVRAM can be performed via the FastLinQ configuration tools and via the userspace configuration application. -Supported kernels / distros -=========================== - RHEL 7.0, 7.1, 7.2 - CentOS 7.0, 7.1, 7.2 - SLES12 SP1, SP2, SP3 - - Supported software ================== Below is the list of benchmark and test applications tested with this driver: @@ -88,7 +88,6 @@ Below is the list of applications tested with this driver: note: it is recommend not to unload qedr (or any other RDMA driver for that matter) while a RoCE application or ULP is running. - RoCE v2 support =============== -- 2.46.0