<div dir="auto"><div>Hi Arlin,<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I missed to respond or attend meetings due to my vacation. I shall get back to you as soon as possible on this matter.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Regards</div><div dir="auto">Devesh</div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Nov 15, 2019, 21:52 Davis, Arlin R <<a href="mailto:arlin.r.davis@intel.com">arlin.r.davis@intel.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="m_3611520160406417511______replyseparator" rel="noreferrer"></a><span>Devesh, or someone from Broadcom, can you respond please?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<pre><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Please send me your status/plans for OFED 5.3 support and answer questions about your company’s future commitments. <u></u><u></u></span></pre>
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</span></span></span><u></u><b><span>For OFED 5.3, confirm status as stated</span></b><span> or
<b>provide an update with resource commitment and ETA to complete</b>:</span> <span>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span>Mellanox – Vlad (most backports complete) –
<b><span style="color:red">will work OFED 5.x if vendors are commit; if not they will focus on MOFED</span></b><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span>Chelsio – Bharat (no resource commitments for OFED 5.3) –
<b><span style="color:red">vote for skipping 5.3 and work 5.5<u></u><u></u></span></b></span></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span>Cavium- Michal (no resources, disable for 5.3) –
<b><span style="color:red">no commit to 5.5 backports, will support OFED-5.x out-of-box kernel</span></b><span style="color:red">.</span><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span>Broadcom – Devesh (resources tight, no ETA for backports) –
<b><span style="color:red">No response ????</span></b><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span>VMware – Adit (not ready for 5.3, move to 5.5)
<b>–<span style="color:red"> committed to OFED, skipping 5.3 and work 5.5<u></u><u></u></span></b></span></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span>Huawei – Lijun Ou (working with Vlad on 5.3 and backports) –
<b><span style="color:red">working on 5.3, would rather not wait</span></b><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span>Intel (i40iw) - Henry (5.3 kernel support only, no change from OFED 4.18) –
<b><span style="color:red">no backport work, <a href="http://kernel.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">kernel.org</a> version only.<u></u><u></u></span></b></span></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><b><span>Would it be better to skip OFED 5.3 and target a newer kernel, maybe 5.5 early next year?
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</span></span></span><u></u><b><span>Are you committed, with resources, to support OFED going forward?
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<pre><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Regards,<u></u><u></u></span></pre>
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