[mpich-discuss] [mvapich-discuss] Announcing the release of MVAPICH2 1.8.1 (fwd)

[Dhabaleswar Panda]

This release might be of interest to some of the MPICH users. Thus, I am 
posting it here.

Thanks,

DK


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Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2012 22:36:21 -0400 (EDT)
From: Dhabaleswar Panda <panda at cse.ohio-state.edu>
To: mvapich-discuss at cse.ohio-state.edu
Cc: Dhabaleswar Panda <panda at cse.ohio-state.edu>
Subject: [mvapich-discuss] Announcing the release of MVAPICH2 1.8.1

The MVAPICH team is pleased to announce the release of MVAPICH2 1.8.1. This is 
a bug-fix release compared to MVAPICH2 1.8.

Bug-Fixes for MVAPICH2 1.8.1 (since MVAPICH2 1.8GA release) are listed below:

     - Fix issue in intra-node knomial bcast
     - Handle gethostbyname return values gracefully
     - Fix corner case issue in two-level gather code path
     - Fix bug in CUDA events/streams pool management
     - Fix in GPU device pointer detection
         - Thanks to Brody Huval from Stanford for the report
     - Fix issue in selecting CUDA run-time variables when running on single
       node in SMP only mode
     - Fix ptmalloc initialization issue when MALLOC_CHECK_ is defined in the
       environment
         - Thanks to Mehmet Belgin from Georgia Institute of Technology for the
           report
     - Fix memory corruption and handle heterogeneous architectures in gather
       collective
     - Fix issue in detecting the correct HCA type
     - Fix issue in ring start-up to select correct HCA when MV2_IBA_HCA is
       specified
     - Fix SEGFAULT in MPI_Finalize when IB loop-back is used
     - Fix memory corruption on nodes with 64-cores
         - Thanks to M Xie for the report
     - Fix hang in MPI_Finalize with Nemesis interface when ptmalloc
       initialization fails
         - Thanks to Carson Holt from OICR for the report
     - Fix memory corruption in shared memory communication
         - Thanks to Craig Tierney from NOAA for the report and testing the
           patch
     - Fix issue in IB ring start-up selection with mpiexec.hydra
     - Option for selecting non-default gid-index in a loss-less fabric setup
       in RoCE mode
     - Improved error reporting
     - Option to disable signal handler setup

Most of these bug-fixes are also available with MVAPICH2 1.9a release. MVAPICH2 
users are strongly requested to upgrade their 1.8 installations to 1.8.1 or 
1.9a.

For downloading MVAPICH2 1.8.1, associated user guide, quick start guide, and 
accessing the SVN, please visit the following URL:

http://mvapich.cse.ohio-state.edu

All questions, feedbacks, bug reports, hints for performance tuning, patches 
and enhancements are welcome. Please post it to the mvapich-discuss mailing 
list (mvapich-discuss at cse.ohio-state.edu).

Thanks,

The MVAPICH Team
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