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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Hi All,</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>This is my proposal how we should work to generate IBED
release based on 1.0 branch.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Note that one purpose of this proposal is also to make sure
that the code that goes into kernel is verified and save the need to merge any
kernel level code in the branch.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The model should be this:</span></font></p>
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<li class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Any module that is already in the kernel will be taken
from the git tree that is targeted for 2.6.17 (</span></font><u><font
size=2 color=blue face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:blue'>http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/roland/infiniband.git;a=summary</span></font></u><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>)</span></font><font
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This include the following: mthca, ipath (if I understand it should be in
soon), core (all modules), ipoib, srp</span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Kernel modules that are not in Linux kernel will be taken
from these directories:<br>
iSER, SDP – from the trunk<br>
RDS: from SilverStorm contrib directory (till they move it to the trunk)</span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>All user space code will be taken from the 1.0 branch.
I will send all user space patches that are important for this release. If
it’s OK I can also check them in, or ask the maintainers as agreed to
do so.</span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>MPI:<br>
MVAPICH – tarball is provided by Mellanox<br>
Open MPI – tarball is provided by Cisco<br>
Both tarballs should be placed in OpenFabrics web site (Need a location
from Matt)</span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>IBED build scripts: We will open a specific directory
for IBED release under the 1.0 branch and all relevant scripts will be
places there.</span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Back port patches: We will have a back port patches directory
under 1.0 branch.</span></font></li>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I think this module can help us to progress both OpenFabrics
and IBED releases very well and also contribute for the stability of code that
is going to Linux kernel.</span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>BTW – when do we go public to OpenFabrics general
list?</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Tziporet</span></font></p>
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