Added a bunch of NEWS items for v1.2.4

This commit was SVN r15410.

NEWS

@@ -39,9 +39,6 @@ Trunk (not on release branches yet)
 - Added btl_openib_if_[in|ex]clude MCA parameters for
   including/excluding comma-delimited lists of HCAs and ports.
   --> Expected: ?1.3?
-- Removed dependency on sysfsutils from the openib BTL for libibverbs
-  >=v1.1 (i.e., OFED 1.2 and beyond).
-  --> Expected 1.2.x
 - Fix a problem with MPI_BOTTOM in various places of the f77-interface.
   Thanks to Daniel Spangberg for bringing this up.
   --> Expected 1.2.x
@@ -82,7 +79,19 @@ Trunk (not on release branches yet)
 1.2.4
 -----
 
-- Nothing new yet.
+- Fixed a segfault crash on large SMPs when doing collectives.
+- Allow use of the Bproc head node if it was allocated to the user.
+  Thanks to Sean Kelly for reporting the problem and helping debug it.
+- Fixed a ROMIO problem where non-blocking I/O errors were not properly
+  reported to the user.
+- Made remote process launch check the $SHELL environment variable if
+  a valid shell was not otherwise found for the user.
+  Thanks to Alf Wachsmann for the bugreport and suggested fix.
+- Added/Updated some vendor IDs for a few openib HCAs
+- Fixed a couple of failures that could occur when specifying devices
+  for use by the OOB.
+- Removed dependency on sysfsutils from the openib BTL for
+  libibverbs >=v1.1 (i.e., OFED 1.2 and beyond).
 
 
 1.2.3