[Lustre-discuss] Announce: Lustre 1.8.3 is available!

[Heiko Schröter]

Am Samstag 01 Mai 2010, um 01:49:14 schrieb Terry Rutledge:

Hello,

no more 1.8.3 src.tgz file ?
Would be nice.

Thanks and Regards
Heiko


> Hi all,
> 
> Lustre 1.8.3 is available on the Sun Download Center Site.
> 
> http://www.sun.com/software/products/lustre/get.jsp
> 
> Our forwarding link has not yet been updated but should be
> shortly, so you can either find your way in through:
> http://www.sun.com/downloads/index.jsp?tab=2#L
> and look for Lustre 1.8.3 near the bottom of the "L" section.
>      or
> https://cds.sun.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/WFS/CDS-CDS_SMI-Site/en_US/-/USD/ViewProductDetail-Start?ProductRef=LUSTRE-183-G-F@CDS-CDS_SMI
> 
> The change log and release notes can be read here:
> 
> http://wiki.lustre.org/index.php/Use:Change_Log_1.8
> 
> *PLEASE NOTE:* Some ChangeLog entries were added after
> v1_8_3_RC1 was tagged.  The missing entries are included in
> the wiki change log link above.
> 
> Here are some items that may interest you in this release:
> 
> * Fix MDS crash when using open-unlinked directories. This
> problem was a regression introduced in 1.8.2.
> https://bugzilla.lustre.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22177
> 
> * The lustre client uses current->journal_info to pass
> locking information down to lower layers. This can trigger
> a kernel oops under memory pressure.
> https://bugzilla.lustre.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22035
> 
> * Some "lfs" commands can now be run as a non-privileged
> user again.
> https://bugzilla.lustre.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22127
> 
> * The 1.8.2 client can sometimes try to reconnect too
> aggressively, flooding the server with CONNECT requests.
> Reconnects are now rate limited.
> https://bugzilla.lustre.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22423
> 
> * RHEL5.4 kernel update
> Kernel update to OEL5.4 2.6.16-164.11.1.0.1.el5
> Kernel update to RHEL5.4 2.6.16-164.11.1.el5
> https://bugzilla.lustre.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21632
> 
> 
> As always, you can report issues via Bugzilla:
> https://bugzilla.lustre.org/
> 
> Our next anticipated release is Lustre 1.8.4 in late July 2010.
> 
> 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 (1.6.6 - 1.8.3)
> will be displayed.
> 
> Happy downloading!
> 
> -- The Lustre Team --
> 
>