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<pre><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Attendees<o:p></o:p></span></u></pre>
<pre><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Pradeep Kankipati Broadcom <o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Ram Amrani Cavium <o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Arlin Davis Intel<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Jim Ryan OFA<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Bill Schmidt Intel <o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Vladimir Sokolovsky Mellanox<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Rupert Dance SW Forge<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Agenda: <o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">OFED 4.8-1 released, quickly moving onto OFED 4.8-2.<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></pre>
<pre style="margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Opens<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre style="margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">OFA board approval required for 4.8-2? <o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre style="margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">§<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Arlin to check with Susan<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre style="margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">IWG required loaners for testing; ongoing issue with old servers<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre style="margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">§<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Thanks to Rupert for providing loaners but need longer term solutions<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre style="margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">§<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">More EWG/IWG cross group communication to help validate HW/SW dependencies.<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre style="margin-left:1.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level3 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">§<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Arlin will monitor IWG and join meetings as needed.<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre style="margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Next major kernel release target should be discussed<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre style="margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">§<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Deferred until Dec 18<sup>th</sup> EWG meeting, need more involved in this discussion<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre style="margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">§<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Need to start early; align RC’s to intercept with 2018 spring interop<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre style="margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">§<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Need to reach out to Doug Ledford for recommendation<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre style="margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">§<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Note - kernel.org 4.14 is next long term stable release (2020)<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre style="margin-left:1.25in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></pre>
<pre style="margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">OFED 4.8-2<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><a href="http://downloads.openfabrics.org/OFED/ofed-4.8-2-daily/OFED-4.8-2-20171204-0839.tgz">http://downloads.openfabrics.org/OFED/ofed-4.8-2-daily/OFED-4.8-2-20171204-0839.tgz</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]>RH7.4 backported (compat_rdma, mlx4, mlx5)<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]> <b>A big thanks to Vlad for quick turnaround!<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]>Everyone to work on component backports and forward to Vlad.<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b>Need a quick turnaround if possible, the next 1-2 weeks please</b>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]>Vlad is working SLES12.3 (compat_rdma, mlx4, mlx5), hope to finish 1-2 days.<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]>Same distro support as 4.8-1, plus RH 7.4 and SLES 12.3
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</span></span></span><![endif]>Backports include: kernel.org 4.8, RH7.0 to 7.4, SLES 12.0 to 12.3<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]>Update rdma-core to latest (v16) <o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><a href="https://github.com/linux-rdma/rdma-core/releases">https://github.com/linux-rdma/rdma-core/releases</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]>Cavium would like to add FW for iWARP support:<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b>Need clarification of distro support</b> (all backports or limited?)
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b>Need expected timeframe</b> for the driver enhancement (days, weeks, months?)<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]>RH7.4 and SLES12.3 backports, rdma-core v16, and bug fixes<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]>Timeframe (might be too aggressive but let’s try so we can move to next major release)<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]>RH7.4 and SLES12.3 backports done in 2 weeks – Dec 18<sup>th</sup>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b>RC1 by Dec 20<sup>th</sup></b>, depending on backport progress and Cavium iWARP addition.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">Regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">Arlin<o:p></o:p></p>
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