From a9236b4fee54e7aee41b38b5fd2cd84c173650ef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Pavel Shamis (Pasha)" Date: Wed, 29 May 2019 15:49:45 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] NEWS: news update before v1.6.0 rc1 Signed-off-by: Pavel Shamis (Pasha) --- NEWS | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 810470175011..c7eb533f1bc1 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -7,16 +7,36 @@ ## # -## Current +## 1.6.0-rc1 (May 29, 2019) Features: -- TBD +- Modular architecture for UCT transports +- ROCm transport re-design: support for managed memory, direct copy, ROCm GDR +- Random scheduling policy for DC transport +- Optimized out-of-box settings for multi-rail +- Added support for OmniPath (using Verbs) +- Support for PCI atomics with IB transports +- Reduced UCP address size for homogeneous environments + +Bugfixes: +- Multiple stability and performance improvements in TCP transport +- Multiple stability fixed in Verbs and MLX5 transports +- Multiple stability fixes in UCM memory hooks +- Multiple stability fixes in UGNI transport +- RPM Spec file cleanup +- Fixing compilation issues with most recent clang and gcc compilers Tested configurations: - RDMA: MLNX_OFED 4.5, distribution inbox drivers, rdma-core 22.1 -- CUDA: gdrcopy 1.3.2, cuda 9.2 +- CUDA: gdrcopy 1.3.2, cuda 9.2, ROCM 2.2 - XPMEM: 2.6.2 - KNEM: 1.1.3 +## 1.5.1 (April 1, 2019) +Bugfixes: +- Fix dc_mlx5 transport support check for inbox libmlx5 drivers - issue #3301 +- Fix compilation warnings with gcc9 and clang +- ROCm - reduce log level of device-not-found message + ## 1.5.0 (February 14, 2019) Features: - New emulation mode enabling full UCX functionality (Atomic, Put, Get) @@ -101,7 +121,7 @@ Tested configurations: Features: - Added stream-based communication API to UCP -- Added support for GPU platforms: Nvidia CUDA and AMD ROCM software stacks +- Added support for GPU platforms: Nvidia CUDA and AMD ROCm software stacks - Added API for client/server based connection establishment - Added support for TCP transport - Support for InfiniBand tag-matching offload for DC and accelerated transports