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<pre><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">All, <o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></pre>
<pre><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Please reply to the list with your preference.<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></pre>
<pre><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Action Item</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">: Please send your preference to the ewg mailing list so we can collectively decide the next release. <o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><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:l0 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">Agreement to take the discussion to a wider audience  – here are the questions:<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre style="margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">o<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Do we work 4.17-1, pick up RH7.6/SLES12.4, March/April GA timeframe?<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre style="margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">o<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Do we skip 4.17-1, move ahead to OFED 5.0 to get closer to upstream code base and kernel.org RC’s?<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></pre>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Arlin<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">From:</span></b><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"> ewg [mailto:ewg-bounces@lists.openfabrics.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Davis, Arlin R<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, January 14, 2019 12:36 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> ewg@lists.openfabrics.org<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Bowden, Paul <paul.bowden@intel.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [ewg] OFA EWG Meeting: Monday, Jan 14th, 2019 - Minutes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u>Attendees                        Company <o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Adit Ranadive                  VMware  <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Bill Snapko                        Cavium   <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Arlin Davis                         Intel                                
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<p class="MsoNormal">Rupert Dance                 <span style="color:#1F497D">  </span>
 SW Forge <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sindhu Devale                   Intel        <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Steve Wise                        Chelsio<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Vladimir Sokolovsky         Mellanox                           
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<pre><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Minutes:<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><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:l0 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 future plans and timelines for 2019   <o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 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">Discussion on 4.17-1 release, adding RH7.6 <o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">o<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">   </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Vlad can start in ~3 weeks with core backports, HW vendors follow (2-4 weeks), and testing (2-4 weeks)<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">o<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">   </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">This would put RC1 late February/early March, GA April. <o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">o<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">   </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">This may align with interop spring event in March/April timeframe.<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">o<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">   </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Note<b>: I missed SLES12.4</b> so we would add both RH7.6 and SLES12.4<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 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">Discussion on skipping 4.17-1 and moving right to kernel.org 5.0<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">o<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">   </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Kernel.org is now at 5.0 RC2, would be nice to start with RC’s <o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre style="margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 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">opportunity to test and get fixes upstream kernel<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">o<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">   </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Might take a bit longer to get to OFED 5.0 RC and delay OFED support for RH7.6/SLES 12.4<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">o<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">   </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">This might align us with RH8.0 and SLES15.1 and get us support sooner<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></pre>
<pre style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 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">Agreement to take the discussion to a wider audience  – here are the questions:<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">o<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">   </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Do we work 4.17-1, pick up RH7.6/SLES12.4, March/April GA timeframe?<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">o<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">   </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Do we skip 4.17-1, move ahead to OFED 5.0 to get closer to upstream code base and kernel.org RC’s?<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
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<pre style="margin-left:.25in"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Action Item</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">: Please send your preference to the ewg mailing list so we can collectively decide the next release. <o:p></o:p></span></pre>
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<pre style="margin-left:.25in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Note: Vlad is busy for next 3 weeks so work won’t start until first week of February.<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
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<pre><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
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<pre><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Arlin<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
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