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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">OFED</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">April</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> 2</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">1</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> meeting summary about 1.3.1 plans</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> and OFED 1.4 development</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">:</FONT><FONT FACE="Arial"> </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">1. OFED 1.3.1:</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">1.1 Planned changes:</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">ULPs changes:</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">IB-bonding - done</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">SRP failover - on work</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">SDP crashes - on work</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">RDS fixes for RDMA API - done</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">librdmacm 1.0.7 - done</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Open MPI 1.2.6 - done</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">uDAPL - on work</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Low</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">level drivers: - each HW vendor should reply when the changes will be ready</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">n</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">es</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> - will be ready on first week of May</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">m</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">lx4</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> - fixes are ready; changes to support Eth are under review of the submission to kernel so not clear if they will make it on time.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">c</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">xgb3</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> - will be ready by middle of may. Majority of changes should be submitted for RC1.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">ipath - wait for update from Betsy</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">e</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">hca</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> - wait for update from Christoph</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">1.2 Schedule:</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> we agreed that 2 release candidate should be sufficient</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">GA is planned for May-29</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">- RC1 - May 6</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">- RC2 - May 20</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Note: daily builds of 1.3.1 are already available at: </FONT><A HREF="http://www.openfabrics.org/builds/ofed-1.3.1"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">http://www.openfabrics.org/builds/ofed-1.3.1</FONT></U></A>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">2. OFED 1.4:</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Release features were presented at Sonoma (presentation available at </FONT><A HREF="http://www.openfabrics.org/archives/april2008sonoma.htm"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">http://www.openfabrics.org/archives/april2008sonoma.htm</FONT></U></A><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">)</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">IPv6: Woody is looking for resources to add IPv6 support to the CMA. Hal noted that it will require a change in opensm too.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Xsigo Vnic & Vhba - Not clear if they will make it</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Kernel tree is under work at: git://git.openfabrics.org/ofed_1_4/linux-2.6.git branch ofed_kernel</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">We should try to get the kernel code to compile as soon as possible so everybody will be able to contribute code.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Schedule reminder:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">==============</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Release: Oct 06, 2008</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Features freeze: Jun 25, 08 (kernel 2.6.26 based)</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Alpha: Jul 9, 08</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Beta: Jul 30, 08 kernel 2.6.27-rcX (assuming it will be available)</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">RC1: Aug 13, 08</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">RC2: Aug 27, 08</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">RC3-RC5/6</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma">–</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> every 5-10 days</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Latest RC to be used in OFA interop event</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">GA: Oct 06 08</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Tziporet</FONT>
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