From c0cf783ea2754f007ff73d7ff413b659d5dfc4e4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mike Marciniszyn Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2012 15:16:18 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] IB/{qib,psm}: update releasenotes Signed-off-by: Mike Marciniszyn --- release_notes/psm_release_notes.txt | 58 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ release_notes/qib_release_notes.txt | 10 ++--- 2 files changed, 63 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) create mode 100644 release_notes/psm_release_notes.txt diff --git a/release_notes/psm_release_notes.txt b/release_notes/psm_release_notes.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b2b08e5 --- /dev/null +++ b/release_notes/psm_release_notes.txt @@ -0,0 +1,58 @@ + Open Fabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED) + PSM in OFED 3.5 Release Notes + + December 2012 + +====================================================================== +1. Overview +====================================================================== + +The Performance Scaled Messaging (PSM) API is Intel's low-level user-level +communications interface for the Intel(R) True Scale Fabric family of products. + +The PSM libraries are included in the infinipath-psm-3.1-364.1140_open.src.rpm +source RPM and get built and installed as part of a default OFED +install process. + +The primary way to use PSM is by compiling applications with an MPI that has +been built to use the PSM layer as its interface to Intel HCAs. +PSM is the high-performance interface to the Intel(R) True Scale HCAs. + +Minimal instructions* for building two MPIs tested with OFED +with PSM support are as follows: + + +Open MPI: + +- Download a recent Open MPI tar ball from + http://www.open-mpi.org/software/ompi/v1.6/ . + Versions 1.6.1 & 1.6.3 has been tested with PSM from this OFED release. +- Untar the file and cd to the Open MPI directory. Then + ./configure --with-psm --prefix= + make + make install + +MVAPICH2: + +- Download a recent MVAPICH2 tar ball from + http://mvapich.cse.ohio-state.edu/download/mvapich2/ + Version 1.8.1 has been tested with PSM from this OFED release. +- Untar the file and go to the mvapich2-1.x.x directory +- Execute the configure and make commands as follows: + ./configure --prefix= --with-device=ch3:psm \ + --enable-shared + make + make install + + + +* To configure with a different compiler suite than the native GCC suite on your + Linux machine, set the configure or script variables: CC, CXX, F77, F90 to be + assigned to the appropriate compiler names for your suite, such as for the + Intel Compiler suite: + CC=icc + CXX=icpc + F77=ifort + F90=ifort + + diff --git a/release_notes/qib_release_notes.txt b/release_notes/qib_release_notes.txt index e097941..9cbbc31 100644 --- a/release_notes/qib_release_notes.txt +++ b/release_notes/qib_release_notes.txt @@ -1,13 +1,13 @@ Open Fabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED) - qib in OFED 1.5.4 Release Notes + qib in OFED 3.5 Release Notes - January 2012 + December 2012 ====================================================================== 1. Overview ====================================================================== -qib is the low level driver implementation for all QLogic TrueScale -PCI-Express HCAs, including, +qib is the low level driver implementation for all Intel(R) True Scale +Fabric HCAs, also known as QLogic TrueScale PCI-Express HCAs, including, QDR HCAs, all x8 PCIe Gen2: - QLE7340 (single port) @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ PCI-Express HCAs, including, - QLE7280 (x16 PCIe Gen1) -The qib driver has been updated for OFED 1.5.4. +The qib driver has been updated for OFED 3.5. The qib kernel driver obsoletes the ipath kernel driver but is compatible with libipathverbs so no new user level components are needed. -- 2.41.0