[Lustre-discuss] Fwd: Re: Announce: Lustre 1.8.4 is available!

[yangsheng]

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> Subject: 	Re: [Lustre-discuss] Announce: Lustre 1.8.4 is available!
> Date: 	Thu, 26 Aug 2010 15:00:46 -0700
> From: 	Jay Lan <jay.zen.lan at gmail.com>
> To: 	Terry Rutledge <terry.rutledge at oracle.com>
> CC: 	lustre-discuss at lists.lustre.org
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> Hi,
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> I generated v1_8_2 tag build area and v1_8_4 tag build area from
> the git tree.
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> The kernel_patches/series/2.6-rhel5.series in both areas are identical,
> and each patch listed in the series file are identical using 'diff'.
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Do you sure they are identical? We should remove a few patches for v1_8_4.
> Isn't there any new lustre kernel patch against rhel5.5  committed
> between these two releases? All patches were rolled into
> kernel-2.6.18-194.3.1.el5 already?
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Indeed, no new patch commited for rhel5.5. As i said above, just a few 
patches be removed and a few patches changes to eliminate conflict. For 
v1_8_2 should still using rhel5.4. For v1_8_4, already updated to rhel5.5.


Regards,
YangSheng
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> Terry Rutledge wrote:
> >   Hi all,
> >
> > Lustre 1.8.4 is available on the Oracle Download Center Site.
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> > http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/indexes/downloads/sun-az-index-095901.html#L
> >
> > The change log can be read here:
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> > http://wiki.lustre.org/index.php/Use:Change_Log_1.8
> >
> > Here are some items that may interest you in this release:
> >
> > * Changes to support matrix
> >      - Update RHEL5.5 kernel to 2.6.18-194.3.1.el5
> >        Update OEL5.5 kernel to 2.6.18-194.3.1.0.1.el5.
> > https://bugzilla.lustre.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22514
> >      - Add support for OFED 1.5.1.
> > https://bugzilla.lustre.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20619
> >        NOTE: RHEL5 & OEL5 rpms provided on the download site
> >              are built against the in-kernel OFED driver.
> >
> > * Significant Bugs
> >      - Fix bug in orphan recovery which can cause the same OST
> >        object to be allocated to two different files.
> > https://bugzilla.lustre.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17485
> >      - Fix multiple issues related to the grant space.  The
> >        problem manifests itself as an OST failing write
> >        requests with ENOSPC while some free space remains.
> > https://bugzilla.lustre.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22755
> >      - The dlm_locks slab can grow significantly and consumes
> >        a lot of memory on the server. This is fixed by imposing
> >        an hardlimit to grant_plan.
> > https://bugzilla.lustre.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22476
> >
> > * Lustre Sysadmins may also be interested in the details of:
> >      - https://bugzilla.lustre.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22455
> >      - https://bugzilla.lustre.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15252
> >      - https://bugzilla.lustre.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22481
> >        (which Andreas mentioned in his LUG presentation)
> >
> > As always, you can report issues via Bugzilla:
> > https://bugzilla.lustre.org/
> >
> > Our next anticipated release is Lustre 1.8.5 in {put date here}.
> >
> > To access earlier releases of Lustre, please check the box
> > "See previous products(P)", then click "L" or scroll down to
> > "Lustre", the current and all previous releases (1.8.0 - 1.8.4)
> > will be displayed.
> >
> > Happy downloading!
> >
> > -- The Lustre Team --
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