btl/openib: disable XRC by default

Change the default enable configure option XRC to disabled. If a user want's to give it a try they have to explicitly ask for it. Modify the configury help message to indicate it is not enabled by default. Related to open-mpi#3890 Fixes open-mpi#3969 Signed-off-by: Howard Pritchard <[email protected]>
hppritcha · Aug 4, 2017 · ba192c3 · ba192c3
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@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Copyright (c) 2006-2017 Cisco Systems, Inc.  All rights reserved.
 Copyright (c) 2006      Voltaire, Inc. All rights reserved.
 Copyright (c) 2006      Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All rights reserved.
                         Use is subject to license terms.
-Copyright (c) 2006-2016 Los Alamos National Security, LLC.  All rights
+Copyright (c) 2006-2017 Los Alamos National Security, LLC.  All rights
                         reserved.
 Copyright (c) 2010-2012 IBM Corporation.  All rights reserved.
 Copyright (c) 2012      Oak Ridge National Labs.  All rights reserved.
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ Master (not on release branches yet)
   via --enable-mpi-cxx.
 - Removed embedded VampirTrace.  It is in maintenance mode since 2013.
   Please consider Score-P (score-p.org) as an external replacement.
+- Remove IB XRC support from the OpenIB BTL due to lack of support.
 
 3.0.0 -- July, 2017
 -------------------

diff --git a/config/opal_check_openfabrics.m4 b/config/opal_check_openfabrics.m4
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2004-2005 The Regents of the University of California.
 #                         All rights reserved.
 # Copyright (c) 2006-2016 Cisco Systems, Inc.  All rights reserved.
-# Copyright (c) 2006-2016 Los Alamos National Security, LLC.  All rights
+# Copyright (c) 2006-2017 Los Alamos National Security, LLC.  All rights
 #                         reserved.
 # Copyright (c) 2006-2009 Mellanox Technologies. All rights reserved.
 # Copyright (c) 2010-2012 Oracle and/or its affiliates.  All rights reserved.
@@ -301,12 +301,13 @@ AC_DEFUN([OPAL_CHECK_OPENFABRICS],[
 
 AC_DEFUN([OPAL_CHECK_OPENFABRICS_CM_ARGS],[
     #
-    # ConnectX XRC support
+    # ConnectX XRC support - disabled see issue #3890
     #
-    AC_ARG_ENABLE([openib-connectx-xrc],
-        [AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-openib-connectx-xrc],
-                        [Enable ConnectX XRC support in the openib BTL. If you do not have InfiniBand ConnectX adapters, you may disable the ConnectX XRC support. If you do not know which InfiniBand adapter is installed on your cluster, leave this option enabled (default: enabled)])],
-                        [enable_connectx_xrc="$enableval"], [enable_connectx_xrc="yes"])
+dnl    AC_ARG_ENABLE([openib-connectx-xrc],
+dnl        [AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-openib-connectx-xrc],
+dnl                        [Enable ConnectX XRC support in the openib BTL. (default: disabled)])],
+dnl                        [enable_connectx_xrc="$enableval"], [enable_connectx_xrc="no"])
+    enable_connectx_xrc="no"
     #
     # Unconnect Datagram (UD) based connection manager
     #