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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Hi Matt,</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>The offline work is only expected for the task of merging of the current 1.8.0 release into OpenIB. It should be completed by end of next week.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>It would involve the following parts:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>1. Merging changes done by Hal/Shahar on the 1.6.1 and 1.7.0 into the 1.8.0 code.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>2. Moving headers back into place and adding Makefile.am "install" directives to move the headers during install to the prefix/include dir</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>3. Adding osm_vendor_sa_api.h and accompany implementation for that API.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>4. Adding Simulator vendor</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>After that point we wish to continue OpenSM development on the OpenIB repository.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>To be able to do that we need to open a branch for each new feature we develop, qualify it and then we can provide diffs to the main thread so everybody can review it before the merge.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>Actually with the amount of work we put already into OpenSM, once we move into gen2 environment we should become the active maintainers of this code.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>The development work plan for OpenSM was posted more then once to the OpenIB mailing list even before we started merging with gen2 (attached to this mail).</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>We will appreciate feedback for our plans and will adjust accordingly.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>So far I did not get any response for my previous mails describing our plans.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>I hope this will change.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Eitan Zahavi</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Design Technology Director</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Mellanox Technologies LTD</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Tel:+972-4-9097208</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Fax:+972-4-9593245</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>P.O. Box 586 Yokneam 20692 ISRAEL</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>> -----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> From: Matt Leininger [<A HREF="mailto:mlleinin@hpcn.ca.sandia.gov">mailto:mlleinin@hpcn.ca.sandia.gov</A>]</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2005 4:26 PM</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> To: Eitan Zahavi</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Cc: openib-general@openib.org; 'Hal Rosenstock'</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Subject: Re: [openib-general] RE: OpenSM Work</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> On Thu, 2005-08-04 at 09:09 +0300, Eitan Zahavi wrote:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > > ></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > > > The mode of work we suggest is that she will work offline.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > ></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > > Not sure by what you mean by offline here.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > [EZ] Offline means she will do the entire merge and then commit. I</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > propose she will commit the changes into a branch and then you can</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > review it and do the merge to the main trunk yourself.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Eitan,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> I'm glad to see the continued interest in OpenSM. Thanks for the</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> help.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Please submit OpenSM changes as patches to the mail list so that Hal</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> and others in the community can review them. No sense in doing a bunch</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> of work until we know what things you are trying to add. Start with</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> header files and work out from there.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> My understanding of your "offline" is that it is closed development</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> followed by open release. That's not how OpenIB works. Please submit</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> the patches to the list so everyone can follow and commit on the OpenSM</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> code changes.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Thanks,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> - Matt</FONT>
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