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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">We have a potential volunteer for rdma_core backports but they need to better understand the work and the potential time commitments. Vlad, can you give us a brief summary on the level of work required
 and time commitments for rdma_core?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Also, we have not heard back from Chelsio, Huawei, and Cavium regarding future OFED releases and support.
<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">Thanks,<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>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><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 <ewg-bounces@lists.openfabrics.org>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Davis, Arlin R<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, January 28, 2020 10:48 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> ewg@lists.openfabrics.org<br>
<b>Cc:</b> bharat@chelsio.com; oulijun <oulijun@huawei.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [ewg] OFA EWG Meeting: Monday, Jan 27th 2020 - Minutes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u>Attendees                    Company          <o:p></o:p></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Arlin Davis                     Intel                                
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Rupert Dance               SW Forge<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<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">Adit Ranadive                VMware<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<p class="MsoNormal">Devesh Sharma             Broadcom<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sindhu Devale                Intel    <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Paul Grun                        HPE-Cray<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Jim Ryan                          OFA    <o:p></o:p></p>
<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">Missing: </span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Cavium, Chelsio, Huawei<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">Agenda:<o:p></o:p></span></b></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]><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">OFED</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">_5.5 – discuss future requirements and validate resource commitments  <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">Kernel.org 5.5 just released, if we move forward, we would likely build OFED-5.6 (2 weeks out).<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">IWG is not ready to communicate their new charter, no input regarding OFED requirements at this time.<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">Broadcom still needs OFED with latest upstream backported for customers, <b>can commit resources</b> for their drivers<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">VMware also needs OFED with latest upstream backported for customers, <b>can commit resources</b><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">Both mentioned the <b>need for quick turnaround</b>, little value if it takes 4-6 months to release.<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">Intel would like OFED but only for OFA interop/validation testing. <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">No backports, <b>can commit resources for kernel.org</b> support only.<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">In-box distro support and latest upstream kernel is their support model<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">Mellanox <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">In-box distro support, latest upstream kernel, and Mellanox OFED is their support model<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">Will continue to support OFED with mlx backports, however:<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]><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Cannot commit to quick turnaround on rdma_core integration</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">/backports going forward<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:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4"><![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]><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Need input from Cavium, Chelsio, and Huawei</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> – CC’ed on minutes, <b>please respond to EWG list</b><o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4"><![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]><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Need someone to volunteer</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> for quick rdma_core integration/backporting – <b>Anyone</b>?<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><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Regards,<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><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Arlin<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
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