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trunk was more problematic than originally anticipated. We propose that
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
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openfabrics-ewg-bounces@openib.org [mailto:openfabrics-ewg-bounces@openib.org] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Pramod Srivatsa (psrivats)<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Monday, March 20, 2006 4:48
PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Openfabrics-ewg@openib.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [openfabrics-ewg] Meeting
Minutes - 3/20 Call</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Please reply with additions / corrections. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>1. Role for Chair:</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> </span></font><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>- Timely reports to the OF-BOD</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> </span></font><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>- Coordinate the interests of the
group</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> </span></font><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>- Run the EWG meetings and setting
the agenda</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> </span></font><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>- Same chair for 1st two releases</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> </span></font><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>- Rotate for every release after
the 2nd one, based on company alphabetical order</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> </span></font><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>- Vendors have the option to
opt-out</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> </span></font><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>- Cisco (Shawn Hansen) will be
chair: Unanimous</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>2. Role of the Release Coordinator:</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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12.0pt'> </span></font><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>- Meet needs of members of the EWG</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> </span></font><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>- Which components go into each
release</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> </span></font><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>- What is the release criteria for
each component</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> </span></font><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>- What the schedule is for the
releases</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> </span></font><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>- Rotate for every release after
the 2nd one, based in company alphabetical order</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'> - Silicon vendors only will be release
coordinators</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'> - Mellanox (Tziporet) will be RC: </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>3. OFRv1 vis-a-vis IBEDv1</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> </span></font><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>- Betsy: Requirement of IBEDv1 is
not clear versus OFRv1</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> </span></font><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>- 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. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> </span></font><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>- <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Bryan</st1:place></st1:City>: Can create OFR-RC2 with patches from
Mellanox; Need to review all the patches with Tziporet</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> </span></font><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>- EWG is a superset of OFR in the
following way:</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> </span></font><font size=2
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>- SDP: Michael
Tsirkin will finish writing SDP (Not in mainline kernel, may not forward binary
compatible)</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> </span></font><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>- Option
of having a beta of SDP on top of OFRC</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> </span></font><font size=2
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>- RDS: No code
in the OpenIB trunk</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>4. Opens on maintainers:</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> </span></font><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'> - See Sujal's mail from
March 16 (1:51PM) for the complete list</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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12.0pt'> </span></font><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>- OpenMPI: Mellanox to sign
open-mpi paper by March 27th. B-maintainer decision will be deferred.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> </span></font><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>- SDP: Mellanox will decide who
the b-maintainer should be</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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12.0pt'> </span></font><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>- MVAPICH: Need b-maintainer;
Shawn will confirm</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>5. Next steps:</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> </span></font><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>- Discuss / decide point #3 above
on e-mail</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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12.0pt'> </span></font><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>- Setup call next week to close on
today's discussion</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>-Pramod</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:7.5pt;
font-family:Verdana'>=======================</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:7.5pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Pramod Srivatsa</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:7.5pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Product Manager, SVBU</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:7.5pt;
font-family:Verdana'>M: 408.203.6543</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:7.5pt;
font-family:Verdana'>E: </span></font><a href="mailto:pramod.srivatsa@cisco.com"><font
size=1 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana'>pramod.srivatsa@cisco.com</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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