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Chapter 1. Package Updates
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• Add documentation for new ilo2_ribcl and oa_soap plug-ins HP ProLiant plug-in
• Numerous other bug fixes.
For details of these and other changes see the changelogs versions 2.11.0 through to 2.14.0, for
which there are links in the References section below.
All users of the openhpi package are encouraged to upgrade to the latest version, which offers these
enhancements.
1.162. openib
1.162.1. RHBA-2009:1304: bug fix update
Updated OpenFabrics Alliance packages that re-base the OFED stack and fix various bugs are now
available.
The OpenFabrics Alliance Enterprise Distribution (OFED) is a collection of Infiniband and iWARP
utilities, libraries and development packages for writing applications that use Remote Direct Memory
Access (RDMA) technology. Red Hat Enterprise Linux uses the OFED software stack as its complete
stack for Infiniband/iWARP/RDMA hardware support.
These updated packages re-base the OFED stack to version 1.4.1 (
BZ#459652
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). For details
regarding the changes since version 1.3.2-pre (the version previously included with Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 5) see the various Release Notes and Read Me files available in /usr/share/doc/ofed-
docs-1.4.1/ after installation.
These updated packages also fix the following bugs:
• preloading the SDP protocol decreased performance significantly. The kernel and the userspace
SDP protocol components have been updated, improving performance. (
BZ#230034
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,
BZ#451471
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)
• the latest libsdp package appeared older than the previously-installed package because it was
missing epoch information. This prevented upgrades to the latest package. This has been corrected,
enabling upgrades. (
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)
• compat-dapl-utils was not permitted to access the its configuration information. This package now
has its own dat.conf file, which resolves the issue and ensures that other sensitive data in the
previous configuration file remains secure. (
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)
• dapl-utils and compat-dapl-utils did not trigger installation of all required dependencies at installation
time, so installation failed. Each package now requires the libiverbs-driver (in all low-level
packages) so all drivers are installed. Selecting the correct driver for specific hardware is the user's
responsibility. (
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)
• administration of the RDS (Radio Data System) protocol, a kernel-level protocol, requires a tools
package (rds-tools) that was not previously supported in Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Support for this
package has been added, enabling RDS administration. (
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)
• the rds-tools-debuginfo package was empty, which prevented debugging. The package has been
updated with debug information. (
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)
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=459652