From 9cbbf4af7dae3be00df4c2d57e17774c58946eaa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rupert Dance Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2013 03:05:18 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Updated Documentation for OFED 3.5-2 RC1 --- OFED_release_notes.txt | 39 +++++++++++++++++++--------- OFED_tips.txt | 59 +++++++++++++++++++----------------------- README.txt | 4 +-- 3 files changed, 56 insertions(+), 46 deletions(-) diff --git a/OFED_release_notes.txt b/OFED_release_notes.txt index bf056ba..0daf92b 100644 --- a/OFED_release_notes.txt +++ b/OFED_release_notes.txt @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ Open Fabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED) - Version 3.5-1 Release Notes + Version 3.5-2 Release Notes September 2013 @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Table of Contents =============================================================================== 1. Overview, which includes: - - OFED Distribution Rev 3.5-1 Contents + - OFED Distribution Rev 3.5-2 Contents - Supported Platforms and Operating Systems - Supported HCA and RNIC Adapter Cards and Firmware Versions - Tested Switch Platforms @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Table of Contents 1. Overview =============================================================================== These are the release notes of OpenFabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED) -release 3.5-1. The OFED software package is composed of several software modules, +release 3.5-2. 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 +29,7 @@ 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 3.5-1 Contents +1.1 OFED 3.5-2 Contents ----------------------- The OFED package contains the following components: - OpenFabrics core and ULPs: @@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ The OFED package contains the following components: - RedHat EL6.3 2.6.32-279.el6 - RedHat EL6.4 2.6.32-358.el6 - SLES11 SP2 3.0.13-0.27-default + - SLES11 SP3 3.0.76-0.9.1 - kernel.org 3.5 * * Minimal QA for these versions. @@ -137,10 +138,8 @@ RoCE Switches 1.5 Third Party Packages ------------------------ -The following third party packages have been tested with OFED 3.5-1: -- MVAPICH2 - 1.8 -- Intel MPI - 4.1 -- Open MPI - 1.6/1.6.1 +The following third party packages have been tested with OFED 3.5-2: +- Open MPI - 1.6.4 1.6 OFED Sources ---------------- @@ -185,16 +184,32 @@ http://www.openfabrics.org/downloads/MAINTAINERS 2. Change log =============================================================================== -OFED-3.5-1 Main Changes from OFED 3.5 +OFED-3.5-2 Main Changes from OFED 3.5-1 and OFED 3.5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -1. Added support for: - - RHEL 6.4 +1. Add support for the OSes + - RedHat EL6.4 + - SLES11 SP3 +2. Removed pacckage + - compat-dapl +3. Updated packages: + - dapl-2.0.38 + - ibacm-1.0.8 + - infiniband-diags-1.6.2 + - libcxgb4-1.3.0 + - libibmad-1.3.10 + - libibverbs-1.1.7 + - libmlx4-1.0.5 + - libmthca-1.0.6 + - librdmacm-1.0.17 + - mstflint-3.0-0.6 + - opensm-3.3.16 + - perftest-2.0-0.58 =============================================================================== 3. Known Issues =============================================================================== The following is a list of general limitations and known issues of the various -components of the OFED 3.5-1 release. +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. diff --git a/OFED_tips.txt b/OFED_tips.txt index d3b25a0..1a96589 100644 --- a/OFED_tips.txt +++ b/OFED_tips.txt @@ -1,6 +1,5 @@ Open Fabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED) - Tips for Working with OFED 3.5-1 - + Tips for Working with OFED 3.5-2 September 2013 =============================================================================== @@ -9,7 +8,7 @@ Table of Contents 1. OFED Utilities 2. Debug HOWTOs 3. Pinning (Locking) User Memory Pages -4. External Module Compilation Over OFED-3.5-1 +4. External Module Compilation Over OFED-3.5-2 5. Adding vendor specific actions to the installation of OFED 6. How to compile OFED sources manually @@ -183,30 +182,27 @@ c. Using sysfs file system ------------------------------------------- The text file BUILD_ID provides data on all OFED components (whether installed or not). This file is a part of the ofed-docs RPM and installed under -/usr/share/doc/ofed-docs-3.5-1 on RedHat, and under -/usr/share/doc/packages/ofed-docs-3.5-1 on SuSE. +/usr/share/doc/ofed-docs-3.5-2 on RedHat, and under +/usr/share/doc/packages/ofed-docs-3.5-2 on SuSE. The same information can be obtained by executing the 'ofed_info' command. For example: # ofed_info -s -OFED-3.5-1: - -compat-dapl: -http://www.openfabrics.org/downloads/dapl/compat-dapl-1.2.19.tar.gz +OFED-3.5-2: compat-rdma: git://git.openfabrics.org/compat-rdma/compat-rdma.git master commit d8f006ab216ec54eca367aacd2d658b6a740c076 dapl: -http://www.openfabrics.org/downloads/dapl/dapl-2.0.36.tar.gz +http://www.openfabrics.org/downloads/dapl/dapl-2.0.38.tar.gz ib-bonding: http://www.openfabrics.org/downloads/ib-bonding/ib-bonding-0.9.0-43.src.rpm ibacm: -http://www.openfabrics.org/downloads/rdmacm/ofed/ibacm-1.0.7.tar.gz +http://www.openfabrics.org/downloads/rdmacm/ibacm-1.0.8.tar.gz ibsim: http://www.openfabrics.org/downloads/ibsim/ibsim-0.5-0.1.g327c3d8.tar.gz @@ -215,7 +211,7 @@ ibutils: http://www.openfabrics.org/downloads/ibutils/ibutils-1.5.7-0.1.g05a9d1a.tar.gz infiniband-diags: -http://www.openfabrics.org/downloads/management/infiniband-diags-1.6.1.tar.gz +http://www.openfabrics.org/downloads/management/infiniband-diags-1.6.2.tar.gz infinipath-psm: http://www.openfabrics.org/downloads/infinipath-psm/infinipath-psm-3.1-364.1140_open.tar.gz @@ -224,7 +220,7 @@ libcxgb3: http://www.openfabrics.org/downloads/cxgb3/libcxgb3-1.3.1.tar.gz libcxgb4: -http://www.openfabrics.org/downloads/cxgb4/libcxgb4-1.2.0.tar.gz +http://www.openfabrics.org/downloads/cxgb4/libcxgb4-1.3.0.tar.gz libehca: http://www.openfabrics.org/downloads/libehca/libehca-1.2.2-0.1.g69e1a88.tar.gz @@ -233,19 +229,19 @@ libibcm: http://www.openfabrics.org/downloads/rdmacm/libibcm-1.0.5.tar.gz libibmad: -http://www.openfabrics.org/downloads/management/libibmad-1.3.9.tar.gz +http://www.openfabrics.org/downloads/management/libibmad-1.3.10.tar.gz libibumad: http://www.openfabrics.org/downloads/management/libibumad-1.3.8.tar.gz libibverbs: -http://www.openfabrics.org/downloads/verbs/libibverbs-1.1.6.tar.gz +http://www.openfabrics.org/downloads/verbs/libibverbs-1.1.7.tar.gz libipathverbs: http://www.openfabrics.org/downloads/libipathverbs/libipathverbs-1.2.tar.gz libmlx4: -http://www.openfabrics.org/downloads/mlx4/libmlx4-1.0.4.tar.gz +http://www.openfabrics.org/downloads/mlx4/libmlx4-1.0.5.tar.gz libmthca: http://www.openfabrics.org/downloads/mthca/libmthca-1.0.6.tar.gz @@ -254,20 +250,19 @@ libnes: http://www.openfabrics.org/downloads/nes/libnes-1.1.3.tar.gz librdmacm: -http://www.openfabrics.org/downloads/rdmacm/librdmacm-1.0.16.tar.gz +http://www.openfabrics.org/downloads/rdmacm/librdmacm-1.0.17.tar.gz mstflint: -http://www.openfabrics.org/downloads/mstflint/mstflint-1.4-1.23.g5c2032a.tar.gz +http://www.openfabrics.org/downloads/mstflint/mstflint-3.0-0.6.g6961daa.tar.gz ofed-docs: -git://beany.openfabrics.org/~rupertd/docs/.git ofed_3_5 -commit 8cc35ac211de682e6734c3f1ffb13d7fbb62f1d5 +git_url="git://beany.openfabrics.org/~rupertd/docs/.git" opensm: -http://www.openfabrics.org/downloads/management/opensm-3.3.15.tar.gz +http://www.openfabrics.org/downloads/management/opensm-3.3.16.tar.gz perftest: -http://www.openfabrics.org/downloads/perftest/perftest-2.0-0.27.g2edd80a.tar.gz +http://www.openfabrics.org/downloads/perftest/perftest-2.0-0.58.gcf63bcd.tar.gz qlvnictools: http://www.openfabrics.org/downloads/qlvnictools/qlvnictools-0.0.1-0.1.ge27eef7.tar.gz @@ -332,7 +327,7 @@ Note: The file /etc/security/limits.conf contains further documentation. =============================================================================== -4. External Module Compilation Over OFED-3.5-1 +4. External Module Compilation Over OFED-3.5-2 =============================================================================== To build kernel modules depending on OFED's modules, take the Modules.symvers @@ -433,11 +428,11 @@ meaning without building the RPMs and without using the install.pl script. 6.1 Compiling the kernel modules -------------------------------- -1. tar xzf OFED-3.5-1.tgz -2. rpm -ihv OFED-3.5-1/SRPMS/compat-rdma-3.5-OFED.3.5.src.rpm +1. tar xzf OFED-3.5-2.tgz +2. rpm -ihv OFED-3.5-2/SRPMS/compat-rdma-3.5-OFED.3.5.src.rpm 3. cd /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES -4. tar xzvf compat-rdma-3.5-1.tgz -5. cd compat-rdma-3.5-1 +4. tar xzvf compat-rdma-3.5-2.tgz +5. cd compat-rdma-3.5-2 6. configure: run ./configure --help for a list of options. basic invocation is: @@ -452,18 +447,18 @@ NOTES: 6.2 Compiling the user space libraries -------------------------------------- -To install user space library from the source RPM provided by OFED-3.5-1 manually, +To install user space library from the source RPM provided by OFED-3.5-2 manually, do the following: Example for libibverbs: -1. tar xzf OFED-3.5-1.tgz -2. rpm -ihv SRPMS/libibverbs-1.1.6-1.src.rpm +1. tar xzf OFED-3.5-2.tgz +2. rpm -ihv SRPMS/libibverbs-1.1.7.src.rpm 3. cd /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES (for RedHat) or cd /usr/src/packages/SOURCES (for SuSE) -4. tar xzf libibverbs-1.1.6.tgz -5. cd libibverbs-1.1.6 +4. tar xzf libibverbs-1.1.7.tgz +5. cd libibverbs-1.1.7 6. ./configure (specify parameters, if required) 7. make 8. make install diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt index 86f63eb..5fa5b76 100644 --- a/README.txt +++ b/README.txt @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ Open Fabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED) - Version 3.5-1 README + Version 3.5-2 README September 2013 ============================================================================== @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Table of contents 1. Overview ============================================================================== -This is the OpenFabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED) version 3.5-1 +This is the OpenFabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED) version 3.5-2 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. -- 2.41.0