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@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ included in the vX.Y.Z section and be denoted as:
 - Improved support for two phase MPI I/O operations when using OMPIO.
 - Added support for Software-based Performance Counters, see
   https://github.com/davideberius/ompi/wiki/How-to-Use-Software-Based-Performance-Counters-(SPCs)-in-Open-MPI
+- Change MTL OFI from opting-IN on "psm,psm2,gni" to opting-OUT on
+  "shm,sockets,tcp,udp,rstream"
 - Various improvements to MPI RMA performance when using RDMA
   capable interconnects.
 - Update memkind component to use the memkind 1.6 public API.