[ofw] [ANNOUNCE] winOFED 3.1 RC1 available

[Smith, Stan]

OFED for Windows 3.1 RC1 Release is available for download @

http://www.openfabrics.org/downloads/Windows/v3.1

Please address comments and concerns to https://bugs.openfabrics.org and/or the
Windows OpenFabrics email list ***@lists.openfabrics.org


OFED for Windows Release Summary
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1) The winOFED 3.1 (RC1) release is based on winOFED source svn revision 3408
(branches\WOF3-1).

Last OFED release (3.0) based on svn.3376.

2) New Features or Changes:

Supported environments: (no Windows 8 support until the next release).
Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2/HPC, Vista and Windows 7 for
x64, x86 and ia64 processor architectures.

Checked installers (.msi) are available in the Checked_Installers\ folder.
Checked implies 'all' installed components are built 'checked'.

uDAT / uDAPL 2.0.35 code base

OpenSM upgraded to version 3.3.13
(see '%windir%\temp\osm.syslog or %windir%\temp\osm.log' for runtime SM details).

Mellanox RoCE hardware [ConnectX-2/3] supported on win7/Svr2008 R2/HPC x64 only.
(see RoCE Ethernet driver install in the release notes).

Mellanox FDR HCAs now supported.


***** Special Notes *****

Last winOFED release to support:

Mellanox Infinihost HCAs, beyond winOFED 3.1, Mellanox ConnectX HCAs only.
Vista operating environment.
Intel ia64 platforms.


2) Bug fixes - all components.


Please:
Read the Release_notes.htm file!

make 'sure' your Mellanox HCA firmware is up-to-date:
vstat.exe displays HCA firmware version & PSID.
flint.exe (found at the Mellanox website, Windows firmware tools download package) displays PSID.

Thank you,

OFED for Windows developers.