Add some notes about the Cisco usNIC BTL.
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@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ Trunk (not on release branches yet)
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- Native Windows support has been removed. A cygwin package is
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available from that group for Windows-based use.
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- Added MPI Java bindings
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- Added new usnic BTL to support the Cisco usNIC device
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- Wrapper compilers now add rpath support by default to generated
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executables on systems that support it. This behavior can be
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disabled via --disable-wrapper-rpath. See note in README about ABI
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@ -504,6 +504,7 @@ Network Support
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- SCTP
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- uDAPL
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- Windows Verbs
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- Cisco usNIC
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- "csum" is exactly the same as "ob1", except that it performs
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additional data integrity checks to ensure that the received data
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@ -542,6 +543,11 @@ Network Support
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- Shared memory communication
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- Hardware-assisted reliability
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- The usnic BTL is support for Cisco's usNIC device ("userspace NIC")
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on Cisco UCS servers with the Virtualized Interface Card (VIC).
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Although the usNIC is accessed via the OpenFabrics / Verbs API
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stack, this BTL is specific to the Cisco usNIC device.
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- The OpenFabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED) software package v1.0
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will not work properly with Open MPI v1.2 (and later) due to how its
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Mellanox InfiniBand plugin driver is created. The problem is fixed
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@ -806,8 +812,8 @@ NETWORKING SUPPORT / OPTIONS
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This option is generally only necessary if the verbs headers and
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libraries are not in default compiler/linker search paths.
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"OpenFabrics" refers to iWARP-, RoCE- (aka "IBoIP"), and
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InfiniBand-based networks.
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"OpenFabrics" refers to operating system bypass networks, such as
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InfiniBand, usNIC, iWARP, and RoCE (aka "IBoIP").
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--with-verbs-libdir=<directory>
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Look in directory for the verbs libraries. By default, Open
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@ -1152,9 +1158,9 @@ MPI FUNCTIONALITY
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--without-memory-manager
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Disable building Open MPI's memory manager. Open MPI's memory
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manager is usually built on Linux based platforms, and is generally
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only used for optimizations with OpenFabrics-based networks (it is
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not *necessary* for OpenFabrics networks, but some performance loss
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may be observed without it).
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only used for optimizations with some OpenFabrics-based networks (it
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is not *necessary* for OpenFabrics networks, but some performance
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loss may be observed without it).
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However, it may be necessary to disable the memory manager in order
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to build Open MPI statically.
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