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<DIV><SPAN class=250213720-21032006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Pramod,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=250213720-21032006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Please
add for the "ne<SPAN class=029254319-20032006><FONT face=Verdana size=2>xt
steps" section: </FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=250213720-21032006><SPAN
class=029254319-20032006><SPAN class=250213720-21032006>"</SPAN><FONT
face=Verdana><FONT size=2>- OpenMPI: B-maintainer <SPAN
class=250213720-21032006>to be nominated</SPAN><SPAN class=250213720-21032006>
by next week</SPAN>.<SPAN
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<DIV><SPAN class=029254319-20032006><SPAN class=250213720-21032006><FONT
face=Verdana size=2>(</FONT></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class=029254319-20032006><SPAN
class=250213720-21032006><FONT face=Verdana size=2>Until Jeff is up and running
as a maintainer, there is none to backup him and such a person is needed
immediately for the OpenMPI testing that is planned, according to Tziporet, to
start this week).</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=029254319-20032006><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN
class=250213720-21032006>I guess we can use for OpenMPI the same mechanism that
was suggested for choosing the SDP b-maintainer:</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=029254319-20032006><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN
class=250213720-21032006>let Jeff to choose the OpenMPI
b-maintainer.</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> openfabrics-ewg-bounces@openib.org
[mailto:openfabrics-ewg-bounces@openib.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Pramod Srivatsa
(psrivats)<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, March 20, 2006 11:48 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
Openfabrics-ewg@openib.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> [openfabrics-ewg] Meeting Minutes
- 3/20 Call<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=029254319-20032006><FONT face=Verdana size=2>Please reply with
additions / corrections. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=029254319-20032006><FONT face=Verdana
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=029254319-20032006><FONT face=Verdana size=2>1. Role for
Chair:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=029254319-20032006> <FONT face=Verdana
size=2>- Timely reports to the OF-BOD</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=029254319-20032006> <FONT face=Verdana
size=2>- Coordinate the interests of the group</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=029254319-20032006> <FONT face=Verdana
size=2>- Run the EWG meetings and setting the agenda</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=029254319-20032006> <FONT face=Verdana
size=2>- Same chair for 1st two releases</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=029254319-20032006> <FONT face=Verdana
size=2>- Rotate for every release after the 2nd one, based on company
alphabetical order</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=029254319-20032006> <FONT face=Verdana
size=2>- Vendors have the option to opt-out</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=029254319-20032006> <FONT face=Verdana
size=2>- Cisco (Shawn Hansen) will be chair: Unanimous</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=029254319-20032006><FONT face=Verdana
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=029254319-20032006><FONT face=Verdana size=2>2. Role of the
Release Coordinator:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=029254319-20032006> <FONT face=Verdana
size=2>- Meet needs of members of the EWG</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=029254319-20032006> <FONT face=Verdana
size=2>- Which components go into each release</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=029254319-20032006> <FONT face=Verdana
size=2>- What is the release criteria for each component</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=029254319-20032006> <FONT face=Verdana
size=2>- What the schedule is for the releases</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=029254319-20032006><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN
class=029254319-20032006><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>
</FONT><FONT face=Verdana size=2>- Rotate for every release after the 2nd one,
based in company alphabetical order</FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=029254319-20032006><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN
class=029254319-20032006> - Silicon vendors only will be
release coordinators</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=029254319-20032006><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN
class=029254319-20032006> - Mellanox (Tziporet) will be RC:
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=029254319-20032006><FONT face=Verdana
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=029254319-20032006><FONT face=Verdana size=2>3. OFRv1 vis-a-vis
IBEDv1</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=029254319-20032006> <FONT face=Verdana
size=2>- Betsy: Requirement of IBEDv1 is not clear versus
OFRv1</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=029254319-20032006> <FONT face=Verdana
size=2>- Matt: Go with two stacks versus three stacks (OF-development branch,
OF-release branch, IBED release); Having multiple production stacks does not
make sense for customers. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=029254319-20032006> <FONT face=Verdana
size=2>- Bryan: Can create OFR-RC2 with patches from Mellanox; Need to review
all the patches with Tziporet</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=029254319-20032006> <FONT face=Verdana
size=2>- EWG is a superset of OFR in the following way:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=029254319-20032006>
<FONT face=Verdana size=2>- SDP: Michael Tsirkin will finish writing SDP (Not in
mainline kernel, may not forward binary compatible)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN
class=029254319-20032006>
<FONT face=Verdana size=2>- Option of having a beta of SDP on top of
OFRC</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=029254319-20032006>
<FONT face=Verdana size=2>- RDS: No code in the OpenIB trunk</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=029254319-20032006><FONT face=Verdana
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=029254319-20032006><FONT face=Verdana size=2>4. Opens on
maintainers:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=029254319-20032006> <FONT face=Verdana
size=2> - See Sujal's mail from March 16 (1:51PM) for the complete
list</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=029254319-20032006> <FONT face=Verdana
size=2>- OpenMPI: Mellanox to sign open-mpi paper by March 27th. B-maintainer
decision will be deferred.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=029254319-20032006> <FONT face=Verdana
size=2>- SDP: Mellanox will decide who the b-maintainer should
be</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=029254319-20032006> <FONT face=Verdana
size=2>- MVAPICH: Need b-maintainer; Shawn will confirm</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=029254319-20032006><FONT face=Verdana
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=029254319-20032006><FONT face=Verdana size=2>5. Next
steps:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=029254319-20032006> <FONT face=Verdana
size=2>- Discuss / decide point #3 above on e-mail</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=029254319-20032006> <FONT face=Verdana
size=2>- Setup call next week to close on today's discussion</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=029254319-20032006><FONT face=Verdana
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=029254319-20032006><FONT face=Verdana
size=2>-Pramod</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Verdana size=1>=======================</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Verdana size=1>Pramod Srivatsa</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Verdana size=1>Product Manager, SVBU</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Verdana size=1>M: 408.203.6543</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Verdana size=1>E: </FONT><A
href="mailto:pramod.srivatsa@cisco.com"><FONT face=Verdana
size=1>pramod.srivatsa@cisco.com</FONT></A></DIV>
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