Various updates.

This commit was SVN r12540.

README

@@ -41,8 +41,40 @@ Thanks for your time.
 
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+Release notes for SC 2006 beta:
+
+- This tarball has had some level of testing within the Open MPI
+  developers, but has not been widely tested with real world
+  applications.  We'd appreciate your feedback.
+
+- Running heterogenious MPI jobs (e.g., different endian between
+  multiple hosts) is not fully working yet.
+
+- Some MPI jobs may not clean up properly if errors occur:
+  - mpirun may "hang" and have to be killed from another session
+  - ORTE daemons may be left orphaned on some nodes and need to be
+    manually killed
+
+- Not all items marked as resolved in the v1.1.3 section of the NEWS
+  file have been migrated to this 1.2 release yet.  A new beta release
+  is expected shortly after SC 2006 that contains these fixes:
+  - Workaround for Intel C++ compiler bug
+  - MPI_SIZEOF fixes for COMPLEX types
+
+- MPI jobs running on OpenIB / OpenFabrics networks that
+  simultaneously post a large number of non-blocking sends of small
+  messages may fail.  This issue is fixed on the Open MPI development
+  head, and will be included in the post-SC beta release.
+
+- Striping MPI messages across multiple TCP interfaces is not working.
+
+- See Open MPI's bug tracking system for a full list of outstanding
+  issues: https://svn.open-mpi.org/trac/ompi/report
+
+===========================================================================
+
 The following abbreviated list of release notes applies to this code
-base as of this writing (12 Sep 2006):
+base as of this writing (10 Nov 2006):
 
 - Open MPI includes support for a wide variety of supplemental
   hardware and software package.  When configuring Open MPI, you may
@@ -87,6 +119,8 @@ base as of this writing (12 Sep 2006):
   - Linux, 64 bit (x86), with gcc
   - OS X (10.3), 32 bit, with gcc
   - OS X (10.4), 32 bit, with gcc
+  - Solaris 10 update 2, SPARC and AMD, 32 and 64 bit, with Sun Studio
+    10
 
 - Other systems have been lightly (but not fully tested):
   - Other compilers on Linux, 32 and 64 bit
@@ -197,12 +231,6 @@ base as of this writing (12 Sep 2006):
   shared memory, and Myrinet/GM.  Myrinet/GM has only been lightly
   tested.
 
-- Due to limitations in the Libtool 1.5 series, Fortran 90 MPI
-  bindings support can only be built as a static library.  It is
-  expected that Libtool 2.0 (and therefore future releases of Open
-  MPI) will be able to support shared libraries for the Fortran 90
-  bindings.
-
 - The XGrid support is experimental - see the Open MPI FAQ and this
   post on the Open MPI user's mailing list for more information:
 
@@ -226,16 +254,7 @@ base as of this writing (12 Sep 2006):
 - The Open Fabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED) software package
   v1.0 will not work properly with Open MPI v1.2 (and later) due to
   how its Mellanox InfiniBand plugin driver is created.  The problem
-  is fixed OFED v1.1 (and beyond).
-
-- The current version of the Open MPI point-to-point engine does not
-  yet support hardware-level MPI message matching.  As such, MPI
-  message matching must be performed in software, artificially
-  increasing latency for short messages on certain networks (such as
-  MX and hardware-supported Portals).  Future versions of Open MPI
-  will support hardware matching on networks that provide it, and will
-  eliminate the extra overhead of software MPI message matching where
-  possible.
+  is fixed OFED v1.1 (and later).
 
 - The Fortran 90 MPI bindings can now be built in one of three sizes
   using --with-mpi-f90-size=SIZE (see description below).  These sizes
@@ -327,13 +346,23 @@ for a full list); a summary of the more commonly used ones follows:
   most cases.  This option is only needed for special configurations.
 
 --with-openib=<directory>
-  Specify the directory where the Open Fabrics (previously known as
+  Specify the directory where the OpenFabrics (previously known as
   OpenIB) libraries and header files are located.  This enables Open
   Fabrics support in Open MPI.
 
 --with-openib-libdir=<directory>
-  Look in directory for the OPENIB libraries.  By default, Open MPI will
-  look in <openib directory>/lib and <openib directory>/lib64, which covers
+  Look in directory for the OpenFabrics libraries.  By default, Open
+  MPI will look in <openib directory>/lib and <openib
+  directory>/lib64, which covers most cases.  This option is only
+  needed for special configurations.
+
+--with-psm=<directory>
+  Specify the directory where the QLogic PSM library and header files
+  are located.  This enables InfiniPath support in Open MPI.
+
+--with-psm-libdir=<directory>
+  Look in directory for the PSM libraries.  By default, Open MPI will
+  look in <psm directory>/lib and <psm directory>/lib64, which covers
   most cases.  This option is only needed for special configurations.
 
 --with-tm=<directory>
@@ -601,12 +630,14 @@ MPI component frameworks:
 
 allocator - Memory allocator
 bml       - BTL management layer
-btl       - MPI point-to-point byte transfer layer
+btl       - MPI point-to-point byte transfer layer, used for MPI
+            point-to-point messages on some types of networks
 coll      - MPI collective algorithms
 io        - MPI-2 I/O
 mpool     - Memory pooling
+mtl       - Matching transport layer, used for MPI point-to-point
+            messages on some types of networks
 pml       - MPI point-to-point management layer
-ptl       - (Outdated / deprecated) MPI point-to-point transport layer
 rcache    - Memory registration cache
 topo      - MPI topology routines
 
@@ -617,6 +648,7 @@ errmgr    - RTE error manager
 gpr       - General purpose registry
 iof       - I/O forwarding
 ns        - Name server
+odls      - OpenRTE daemon local launch subsystem
 oob       - Out of band messaging
 pls       - Process launch system
 ras       - Resource allocation system
@@ -626,7 +658,7 @@ rmgr      - Resource manager
 rml       - RTE message layer
 schema    - Name schemas
 sds       - Startup / discovery service
-soh       - State of health monitor
+smr       - State-of-health monitoring subsystem
 
 Miscellaneous frameworks:
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