[openfabrics-ewg] iWARP Support in OFED 2.0 (Was OFED 1.1 planning meeting)

[Matt Leininger]

On Thu, 2006-07-20 at 14:04 -0700, Ryan, Jim wrote:
> Sure, I can do it or I can send a note to the closed promoters' list

  In the iwarp svn branch I see drivers for Ammasso and Chelsio.  Seems
like other iwarp folks need to release their open source OF drivers
before they can become part of the EWG.  When does NetEffect, Neterion,
and Quadrics plan on producing a basic OpenFabrics iwarp driver to the
mail list for review?  

 You'll need to post basic driver code in stages.  If you dump a
"complete" driver into the OpenFabrics stack it will probably be
rejected.  You need to let the developers on the openib-general mail
list see how you plan on designing a driver before you move forward with
completing all the work.  

  It seems natural to nominate Chelsio to be part of EWG, but the other
folks need to show us the code before they should be nominated into EWG.

  - Matt

> 
> Jim
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: openfabrics-ewg-bounces at openib.org
> [mailto:openfabrics-ewg-bounces at openib.org] On Behalf Of Tom Tucker
> Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2006 1:13 PM
> To: Shawn Hansen (shahanse)
> Cc: moray at quadrics.com; Helen Chen; nick at quadrics.com;
> openfabrics-ewg at openib.org; Sujal Das; John Hagerman; Leonid Grossman;
> Kianoosh Naghshineh
> Subject: Re: [openfabrics-ewg] iWARP Support in OFED 2.0 (Was OFED 1.1
> planning meeting)
> 
> On Thu, 2006-07-20 at 12:43 -0700, Shawn Hansen (shahanse) wrote:
> > In order to join EWG, an OFA board member needs to nominate the
> > candidate, and the candidate is approved by a majority vote of board
> > members.
> > 
> 
> Is there someone on the board who would like to nominate one or more
> of
> the iWARP vendor members to the EWG to start this process as Sujal
> suggests?
> 
> 
> > --Shawn 
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: openfabrics-ewg-bounces at openib.org
> > [mailto:openfabrics-ewg-bounces at openib.org] On Behalf Of Sujal Das
> > Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2006 10:56 AM
> > To: Bill Boas; Jeff Squyres (jsquyres); openfabrics-ewg at openib.org
> > Cc: moray at quadrics.com; Helen Chen; nick at quadrics.com; Leonid
> Grossman;
> > Tom Tucker; Kianoosh Naghshineh; John Hagerman
> > Subject: Re: [openfabrics-ewg] iWARP Support in OFED 2.0 (Was OFED
> 1.1
> > planning meeting)
> > 
> > Bill et al:
> > 
> > I still think this needs to be addressed outside of the EWG mailing
> list
> > until members have officially joined EWG. In Openfabrics-general and
> > openfabrics-promoters.  We need to focus on having the iWARP vendors
> > join EWG - this is the first step. The second step would be
> initiating
> > discussions on OFED 2.0 release logistics and features with iWARP -
> > something that is definitely appropriate for the EWG mailing list.
> > 
> > About requirements for joining EWG, I would rather have Shawn
> Hansen,
> > who is the chair, comment on this.  
> > 
> > -Sujal
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Bill Boas [mailto:bboas at systemfabricworks.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2006 8:59 PM
> > To: Sujal Das; 'Jeff Squyres (jsquyres)'; openfabrics-ewg at openib.org
> > Cc: 'Lyness, Steve'; 'Helen Chen'; 'Tom Tucker'; 'John Hagerman';
> > 'Kianoosh Naghshineh'; 'Leonid Grossman'; moray at quadrics.com;
> > nick at quadrics.com; 'Matt Leininger'
> > Subject: RE: [openfabrics-ewg] iWARP Support in OFED 2.0 (Was OFED
> 1.1
> > planning meeting)
> > 
> > Sujal,
> > 
> > I think the iWARP vendors that have joined OFA (NetEffect, Chelsio
> and
> > soon, I believe, Neterion and Quadrics - and they are all copied on
> this
> > email)would appreciate your reminding everyone of the requirements
> to
> > join OFED working group from the time these requirements were
> generated
> > by the EWG and agreed to by the Board of OFA.
> > 
> > Then iWARP representatives, please respond so we can all get a sense
> of
> > what the status of the iWARP patches and drivers are for kernel
> > acceptance, Linux distribution adoption and OFED EWG inclusion.
> > 
> > Is this an OK approach to everyone?
> > 
> > Bill. 
> > 
> > Bill Boas
> > VP, Business Development | System Fabric Works
> > bboas at systemfabricworks.com | 510-375-8840
> > 
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Sujal Das [mailto:Sujal at mellanox.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2006 10:22 AM
> > To: Bill Boas; Jeff Squyres (jsquyres); openfabrics-ewg at openib.org
> > Cc: Lyness, Steve; Helen Chen; Tom Tucker; John Hagerman; Kianoosh
> > Naghshineh
> > Subject: RE: [openfabrics-ewg] iWARP Support in OFED 2.0 (Was OFED
> 1.1
> > planning meeting)
> > 
> > That is a good initiative Bill.
> > 
> > Bear in mind that OFED 1.1 is more of a "filling-the-holes" release
> to
> > OFED 1.0.  So, we would like to keep the focus on OFED 1.1 limited
> to
> > meet customer requirements and commitments (key Wall Street
> companies
> > and Labs).
> > 
> > We need to plan for an OFED 2.0 alpha prior to SciNet06 that
> includes
> > iWARP.  I would suggest starting a separate thread on OFED 2.0
> planning
> > in the openfabrics-general mailing list and move that discussion to
> > openfabrics-ewg after iWARP vendors have officially joined the EWG
> per
> > the requirements approved earlier by the promoters (when EWG was
> > approved).
> > 
> > That is my two cents. Would request Shawn, the Chair of EWG to
> comment
> > on this.
> > 
> > Thanks
> > 
> > Sujal
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Bill Boas [mailto:bboas at systemfabricworks.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2006 10:04 AM
> > To: Sujal Das; 'Jeff Squyres (jsquyres)'; openfabrics-ewg at openib.org
> > Cc: 'Lyness, Steve'; 'Helen Chen'; 'Tom Tucker'; 'John Hagerman';
> > Kianoosh Naghshineh
> > Subject: RE: [openfabrics-ewg] OFED 1.1 planning meeting
> > 
> > Sujal, Jeff, et al:
> > 
> > Could the EWG please include in its planning the integration of the
> > iWARP code into an OFED release or release candidate in sufficient
> time
> > for the OpenFabrics SCinet06 team to be able to operate the OF part
> of
> > SCinet with a single set of OFED code supporting both IB and the
> > RDMAoEthernet.
> > 
> > Steve Lyness is the leader of the overall OFA SCinet06 team, Helen
> Chen
> > is leading the Ethernet part. 
> > 
> > Thank you.
> > 
> > Bill Boas
> > VP, Business Development | System Fabric Works
> > bboas at systemfabricworks.com | 510-375-8840
> > 
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: openfabrics-ewg-bounces at openib.org
> > [mailto:openfabrics-ewg-bounces at openib.org] On Behalf Of Sujal Das
> > Sent: Monday, July 17, 2006 11:16 AM
> > To: Jeff Squyres (jsquyres); openfabrics-ewg at openib.org
> > Subject: Re: [openfabrics-ewg] OFED 1.1 planning meeting
> > 
> > Jeff,
> > 20 will be adequate.  If you are not going to attend, as the Open
> MPI
> > maintainer, please send a list of what is planned for the next
> release.
> > Thanks
> > Sujal
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: openfabrics-ewg-bounces at openib.org
> > [mailto:openfabrics-ewg-bounces at openib.org] On Behalf Of Jeff
> Squyres
> > (jsquyres)
> > Sent: Monday, July 17, 2006 11:11 AM
> > To: openfabrics-ewg at openib.org
> > Subject: Re: [openfabrics-ewg] OFED 1.1 planning meeting
> > 
> > Ok.  The call information will be sent around shortly.
> > 
> > I unfortunately will be unable to attend this meeting (vacation).
> > 
> > I have scheduled the meeting for 20 dial-in slots.  Do we need more
> than
> > this?
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Sujal Das [mailto:Sujal at mellanox.com]
> > > Sent: Monday, July 17, 2006 2:08 PM
> > > To: Jeff Squyres (jsquyres); openfabrics-ewg at openib.org
> > > Subject: RE: [openfabrics-ewg] OFED 1.1 planning meeting
> > > 
> > > Yes.  Please send out the call in info.  Thanks Jeff. 
> > > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Jeff Squyres (jsquyres) [mailto:jsquyres at cisco.com]
> > > Sent: Monday, July 17, 2006 11:04 AM
> > > To: Sujal Das; openfabrics-ewg at openib.org
> > > Subject: RE: [openfabrics-ewg] OFED 1.1 planning meeting
> > > 
> > > Certainly.  The last OFED teleconference I had on my calendar was
> on
> a
> > > Monday:
> > > 
> > > Noon, US Eastern time
> > > 9am, US Pacific time
> > > 7pm, Israel time
> > > 
> > > Are you proposing this timeslot for this upcoming Monday (24
> July)?
> > >  
> > > 
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: openfabrics-ewg-bounces at openib.org
> > > > [mailto:openfabrics-ewg-bounces at openib.org] On Behalf Of Sujal
> Das
> > > > Sent: Monday, July 17, 2006 1:32 PM
> > > > To: openfabrics-ewg at openib.org
> > > > Subject: [openfabrics-ewg] OFED 1.1 planning meeting
> > > > 
> > > > Hello all,
> > > > 
> > > > We would like to call an OFED v1.1 planning meeting ASAP.  
> > > We can use
> > > > the regular time and call-in number that Shawn/Jeff from
> > > Cisco had set
> > > > up earlier.  Shawn/Jeff: will you please confirm and send a
> > > reminder?
> > > > 
> > > > Some critical feature requirements for OFED 1.1 are based
> > > on customer
> > > > feedback on OFED 1.0, specifically some missing features
> > > that continue
> > > > the perception of OFED 1.0 as being inferior to proprietary
> stacks:
> > > > 
> > > > - Support for SLES 9 in general
> > > > - SRP failover and MPP
> > > > - SDP usability
> > > > - RDS usability
> > > > - UDAPL scalability
> > > > - High Availability
> > > > - Additional OS/CPU platforms support for iSER, sync with
> upstream
> 
> > > > kernel
> > > > - Etc
> > > > 
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > 
> > > > Sujal
> > > > 
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