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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>It now looks really good.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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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
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> Yaron Segev <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, April 06, 2006
4:48 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Shawn Hansen (shahanse);
Openfabrics-ewg@openib.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Cc:</span></b> Asaf Somekh<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> RE: [openfabrics-ewg]
Draft IBED Positioning Statement</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>1. It seems it better include something like:
“guarantees cross-vendor interoperability”.<font color=navy><span
style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>2. Aviram notes are OK.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>3. In regards to Tziporet notes, I think
its too tightly coupled for coming next weeks activities and players names
while we want something that will cover more in general the process, I would
suggest to phrase it something like:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=blue face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:blue'>The</span></font> <font size=2
color=blue face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:blue'>release</span></font> <font size=2 color=blue face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:blue'>build is done in
this method:</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 color=blue face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:blue'>1. </span></font>
<font size=2 color=blue face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:blue'>Any module that is already in the kernel
will be taken from the git tree that is targeted for next kernel release<br>
2. </span></font> <font size=2 color=blue
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:blue'>Kernel modules that are not in Linux kernel will be taken from
openFabrics SVN trunk or ,in extra ordinary cases, from SVN contrib. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=blue face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:blue'>3. </span></font>
<font size=2 color=blue face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:blue'>All user space code</span></font> <font
size=2 color=blue face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New";color:blue'>is taken from the 1.0 branch.<br>
IBED group will make sure the right patches from the trunk are updated to the
branch.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 color=blue face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:blue'>4. </span></font>
<font size=2 color=blue face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:blue'>MPI:<br>
MVAPICH – tarball based on OSU release.</span></font><br>
<font size=2 color=blue face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:blue'>Open MPI – tarball is provided by
open MPI developers.<br>
Both tarballs are placed in OpenFabrics web site </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 color=blue face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:blue'>5. </span></font>
<font size=2 color=blue face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:blue'>IBED build & install scripts: all
relevant scripts are placed under a specific directory for IBED release under
the 1.0 branch. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 color=blue face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:blue'>6. </span></font>
<font size=2 color=blue face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:blue'>Back port patches: patches directory will
be also under the IBED directory in the 1.0 branch. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 color=blue face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:blue'>The release process:</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 color=blue face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:blue'>The release coordinator will build the
release candidate</span></font> <font size=2 color=blue face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:blue'>(IBED-rcX)</span></font>
<font size=2 color=blue face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:blue'>and publish</span></font> <font size=2
color=blue face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:blue'>it on</span></font> <font size=2 color=blue face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:blue'>OpenFabrics
(approximately every 2 weeks)</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 color=blue face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:blue'>Each IBED vendor</span></font> <font
size=2 color=blue face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New";color:blue'>is responsible</span></font> <font size=2 color=blue
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:blue'>to test</span></font> <font size=2 color=blue face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:blue'>the components</span></font>
<font size=2 color=blue face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:blue'>under his ownership.</span></font> <font
size=2 color=blue face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New";color:blue'>Bugs are reported through bugzilla and fixes are
provided to the general list.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>-Yaron <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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Segev | +972-9-9717650 (o) |
+972-54-4996631 (m)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 color=blue face="Copperplate Gothic Light"><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Copperplate Gothic Light";color:blue'>Director,
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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
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
openfabrics-ewg-bounces@openib.org [mailto:openfabrics-ewg-bounces@openib.org] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Tziporet Koren<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, April 06, 2006
3:40 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Shawn Hansen (shahanse);
Openfabrics-ewg@openib.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> RE: [openfabrics-ewg]
Draft IBED Positioning Statement</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><font size=2 color=blue face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:blue'>See inside in this color (also starting
with TK for plain text readers)</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 color=blue face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:blue'>Tziporet</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New"'>-----Original Message-----<br>
From: openfabrics-ewg-bounces@openib.org [<a
href="mailto:openfabrics-ewg-bounces@openib.org">mailto:openfabrics-ewg-bounces@openib.org</a>]
On Behalf Of Shawn Hansen (shahanse)<br>
Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 4:19 AM<br>
To: Openfabrics-ewg@openib.org<br>
Subject: [openfabrics-ewg] Draft IBED Positioning Statement</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New"'>All,</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New"'>Here is a draft message for submission to openib-general
describing IBED</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New"'>and how it relates to the OpenFabrics release. It is written in
a Q&A</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New"'>format.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New"'>Please review, and let's quickly drive to consensus on this. We
will</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New"'>discuss this in detail on the next EWG conference call, which
needs to</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New"'>be held before the next board meeting.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New"'>--Shawn</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New"'>-----------------------------------------</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New"'>All,</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New"'>We are pleased to announce the creation of the InfiniBand
Enterprise</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New"'>Distribution (IBED), under the direction of the OpenFabrics
Enterprise</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New"'>Working Group.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New"'>IBED is a distribution of InfiniBand software that includes the</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New"'>OpenFabrics 1.0 release, along with other additional software
outside of</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New"'>the scope of the release, such as MPI.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New"'>Frequently Asked Questions</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New"'>--------------------------</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New"'>Q: What is the Enterprise Working Group?</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New"'>The EWG is a group of hardware vendors that will sell products
based on</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New"'>OpenFabrics. The purpose of this group is to coordinate
how to provide</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New"'>a single commercially supportable distribution of OpenFabrics
software</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New"'>to their customers.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New"'>Q: Why is IBED required?</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New"'>- <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Enterprise</st1:City></st1:place>
customers will have solution-level requirements that are</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New"'>outside the scope of the 1.0 release, such as the distribution
of MPI</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New"'>stacks, support for a pre-2.6 kernel releases, etc. The
goal of IBED is</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New"'>to address this need. Without IBED, each InfiniBand vendor
would create</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New"'>their own distribution of OpenFabrics to accomplish this goal.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 color=blue face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:blue'> TK:</span></font> <font size=2
color=blue face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:blue'>regarding kernel version need to say</span></font> <font size=2
color=blue face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:blue'>– older kernel then</span></font> <font size=2 color=blue
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:blue'>the one release by kernel.org (2.6.16 for today)</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New"'>Q: Does IBED compete with the OpenFabrics release?</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New"'>- No, there is only one OpenFabrics release. IBED is a
distribution</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New"'>that includes the OpenFabrics 1.0 release. The OpenFabrics 1.0
release</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New"'>and IBED share the same user-level code (libraries, management</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New"'>utilities, etc.) The code for both is taken from the 1.0
branch. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New"'>Q: Is IBED development happening in the open?</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New"'>- Yes, IBED uses the OpenFabrics bugzilla for bug reporting, and
all</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New"'>discussions can be viewed on the Enterprise Working Group
mailing list.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 color=blue face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:blue'> TK:</span></font> <font size=2
color=blue face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:blue'>You can</span></font> <font size=2 color=blue face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:blue'>add that all</span></font>
<font size=2 color=blue face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:blue'>IBED development is done now on 1.0
branch under ibed directory</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New"'>Q: How does IBED differ from the OpenFabrics release?</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New"'>- The OpenFabrics release contains only user-level code, while
the IBED</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New"'>distribution also adds kernel modules that are not part of the
Linux</span></font> <font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>kernel (like iSER and RDS).</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 color=blue face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:blue'>TK: I think we need to say that IBED included
all Infiniband kernel modules that are under OpenFabrics development,
especially modules that are not part of Linux kernel.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New"'>- IBED will include two MPI packages that are not part of Open
Fabrics:</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New"'>OSU MPI and Open MPI.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New"'>- IBED is packaged for end-user installation.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New"'>- IBED supports distribution with older kernels (e.g. Redhat EL4
up2)</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New"'>Q: What is the software release process for IBED and how does it
relate</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New"'>to the OpenFabrics release?</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New"'>- Insert here.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 color=blue face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:blue'>TK:</span></font> <font size=2
color=blue face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:blue'>The</span></font> <font size=2 color=blue face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:blue'>release</span></font>
<font size=2 color=blue face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:blue'>build is done in this method:</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 color=blue face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:blue'>1. </span></font>
<font size=2 color=blue face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:blue'>Any module that is already in the kernel
will be taken from the git tree that is targeted for 2.6.17<br>
This include the following: mthca, ipath, core</span></font> <font size=2
color=blue face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:blue'>modules</span></font> <font size=2 color=blue face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:blue'>(except CMA that
is not part of kernel), IPoIB, SRP </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 color=blue face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:blue'>2. </span></font>
<font size=2 color=blue face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:blue'>Kernel modules that are not in Linux kernel
will be taken from these directories:<br>
iSER, SDP, CMA – from the trunk<br>
RDS: from SilverStorm contrib directory (till they move it to the trunk) </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 color=blue face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:blue'>3. </span></font>
<font size=2 color=blue face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:blue'>All user space code</span></font> <font
size=2 color=blue face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New";color:blue'>is taken from the 1.0 branch.<br>
IBED group will make sure the right patches from the trunk are updated to the
branch.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 color=blue face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:blue'>4. </span></font>
<font size=2 color=blue face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:blue'>MPI:<br>
MVAPICH – tarball is provided by Mellanox (Pavel Shamis) based on 0.97
release of OSU.</span></font><br>
<font size=2 color=blue face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:blue'>Open MPI – tarball is provided by
Cisco (Jeff Squyres)<br>
Both tarballs are placed in OpenFabrics web site </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 color=blue face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:blue'>5. </span></font>
<font size=2 color=blue face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:blue'>IBED build & install scripts: all
relevant scripts are placed under a specific directory for IBED release under
the 1.0 branch. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 color=blue face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:blue'>6. </span></font>
<font size=2 color=blue face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:blue'>Back port patches: patches directory will
be also under the IBED directory in the 1.0 branch. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 color=blue face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:blue'>The release process:</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 color=blue face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:blue'>Mellanox build the release candidate</span></font>
<font size=2 color=blue face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:blue'>(IBED-rcX)</span></font> <font size=2
color=blue face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:blue'>and publish</span></font> <font size=2 color=blue face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:blue'>it on</span></font>
<font size=2 color=blue face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:blue'>OpenFabrics (approximately every 2 weeks)</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 color=blue face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:blue'>Each IBED vendor</span></font> <font
size=2 color=blue face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New";color:blue'>is responsible</span></font> <font size=2 color=blue
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:blue'>to test</span></font> <font size=2 color=blue face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:blue'>the components</span></font>
<font size=2 color=blue face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:blue'>under his ownership.</span></font> <font
size=2 color=blue face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New";color:blue'>Bugs are reported through bugzilla and fixes are
provided to the general list.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New"'>Q: What is the anticipated release schedule?</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 color=blue face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:blue'>TK: - mid May</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New"'>Q: What components will be included in IBED and how is this
decided?</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 color=blue face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:blue'>TK:</span></font> <font size=2
color=blue face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:blue'>Aviram already sent the full list.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 color=blue face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:blue'>Decision was taken in the EWG</span></font>
<font size=2 color=blue face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:blue'>based on customers needs.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New"'>- Insert here.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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