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<tt>Hi all,<br>
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Lustre 1.8.3 is available on the Sun Download Center Site.<br>
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.sun.com/software/products/lustre/get.jsp">http://www.sun.com/software/products/lustre/get.jsp</a><br>
<br>
Our forwarding link has not yet been updated but should be<br>
shortly, so you can either find your way in through:<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.sun.com/downloads/index.jsp?tab=2#L">http://www.sun.com/downloads/index.jsp?tab=2#L</a><br>
and look for Lustre 1.8.3 near the bottom of the "L" section.<br>
or<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="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">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</a><br>
<br>
The change log and release notes can be read here:<br>
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://wiki.lustre.org/index.php/Use:Change_Log_1.8">http://wiki.lustre.org/index.php/Use:Change_Log_1.8</a><br>
<br>
<font color="#ff0000"><b>PLEASE NOTE:</b></font> Some ChangeLog entries
were added after<br>
v1_8_3_RC1 was tagged. The missing entries are included in<br>
the wiki change log link above.<br>
<br>
Here are some items that may interest you in this release:<br>
<br>
</tt><tt>* Fix MDS crash when using open-unlinked directories. This<br>
problem was a regression introduced in 1.8.2.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://bugzilla.lustre.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22177">https://bugzilla.lustre.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22177</a><br>
<br>
</tt><tt>* The lustre client uses current->journal_info to pass<br>
locking information down to lower layers. This can trigger<br>
a kernel oops under memory pressure.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://bugzilla.lustre.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22035">https://bugzilla.lustre.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22035</a><br>
<br>
</tt><tt>* Some "lfs" commands can now be run as a non-privileged<br>
user again.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://bugzilla.lustre.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22127">https://bugzilla.lustre.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22127</a><br>
<br>
</tt><tt>* The 1.8.2 client can sometimes try to reconnect too<br>
aggressively, flooding the server with CONNECT requests.<br>
Reconnects are now rate limited.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://bugzilla.lustre.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22423">https://bugzilla.lustre.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22423</a><br>
<br>
</tt><tt>* RHEL5.4 kernel update<br>
Kernel update to OEL5.4 2.6.16-164.11.1.0.1.el5<br>
Kernel update to RHEL5.4 2.6.16-164.11.1.el5<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://bugzilla.lustre.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21632">https://bugzilla.lustre.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21632</a><br>
<br>
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As always, you can report issues via Bugzilla: <br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://bugzilla.lustre.org/">https://bugzilla.lustre.org/</a><br>
<br>
Our next anticipated release is Lustre 1.8.4 in late July 2010.<br>
<br>
To access earlier releases of Lustre, please check the box<br>
"See previous products<b><font color="#ff0000">(P)</font></b>", then
click "L" or scroll down to<br>
"Lustre", the current and all previous releases (1.6.6 - 1.8.3)<br>
will be displayed.<br>
<br>
Happy downloading!<br>
<br>
-- The Lustre Team -- <br>
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