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The meeting summary is also avilable on the Wiki:<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://wiki.openfabrics.org/tiki-index.php?page=Teleconf+01-15-2007">https://wiki.openfabrics.org/tiki-index.php?page=Teleconf+01-15-2007</a><br>
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<big><b>Abbreviated minutes / summary</b></big>
<ul>
<li> OFED 1.2 components readiness for end of January code freeze:
In general most packages will be ready on time. <br>
Some features will be
added after the Alpha but these will be add-ons that are not part of
core/drivers/libraries and cannot harm stability of the package.
</li>
<li> OFED 1.2 plan was updated on the Wiki: <a class="wiki"
href="https://openib.org/tiki/tiki-index.php?page=OFED+1.2+release+plan+and+features">https://openib.org/tiki/tiki-index.php?page=OFED+1.2+release+plan+and+features</a>
</li>
<li> Decided to add MVAPICH2 package - OSU are the owners<br>
</li>
<li> Daily build update on the OFA server
</li>
<li> Bonding module will be added to OFED 1.2 to support HA on older
kernels
</li>
<li> Toward the release each user level owner will open a branch
(with the name ofed_1_2) to be used for the release sources
</li>
</ul>
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<big><b>Detailed Minutes</b>
</big><br>
<h3><small> Build & integration process:</small></h3>
<ul>
<li> There is a daily build of all components on OFA server
</li>
<li> User space - from all user space git trees
</li>
<li> kernel.org starting from 2.6.12 till 2.6.19 (supporting
kernel 2.6.19 and 20 is required, the rest of kernel versions are
optional)
</li>
<li> Kernel cross compilation: X86_64, ia64, ppc, ppc64 (Vlad will
send a mail)
</li>
<li> Build mails will be sent every day starting this week
</li>
<li> HOWTO was updated in WIKI home page:
<ul>
<li> HOWTO Build OFA user package
</li>
<li> HOWTO Build OFA kernel package
</li>
<li> HOWTO add userspace package to ofa_user
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h3> General changes to the package:</h3>
<ul>
<li> Chelsio driver - on work - to be integrated this week
</li>
<li> Re-base to kernel 2.6.20 to be done in few days
</li>
<li> Sa cache - in ofed_1_2 today - Intel please test
</li>
<li> Multicast - we wait for Voltaire and Sean to close all technical
details - should be ready by the end of the week
</li>
<li> SA async event support and InformInfo<a
href="https://wiki.openfabrics.org/tiki-editpage.php?page=InformInfo"
title="Create page: InformInfo" class="wiki wikinew">?</a> and Notice
reporting - will be ready only first week of Feb
</li>
<li> Bonding module - Voltaire are working to prepare back-port of
the bonding module that will support HA for IPoIB in older kernels. The
module should be ready by the end of this week
</li>
<li> low level drivers - all going to be ready on time, except the
new ehca interrupt handler
</li>
</ul>
<h3> Libraries:</h3>
<ul>
<li> libibverbs 1.1: (from Roland)
<ul>
<li> Fork support - done
</li>
<li> Minor ABI extensions for new low-level drivers - done
</li>
<li> Better low-level driver handling, including multiple drivers
linked in statically - done
</li>
<li> Dropped from OFED 1.2:
<ul>
<li> Memory windows
</li>
<li> Reregister memory region (incl. extend without
unregister...)
</li>
<li> libibverbs 1.0 to be included as well
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li> Management: All the code is ready. Hal will prepare a release
version for OFED 1.2.
</li>
<li> CM/CMA: Sean will prepare a release version. Number will
probably be 1.1 not to collide with existing libraries version in
Redhat
</li>
<li> uDAPL: Woody will ask Arlin to create a release for uDAPL
library
</li>
</ul>
<h3> Kernel ULPs:</h3>
<ul>
<li> IPoIB:
<ul>
<li> Connected Mode - code ready and under testing now
</li>
<li> NAPI - should test with CM - Mellanox. Current ehca
interrupt
handler does not working well with NAPI. IBM is working to change their
interrupt handler to overcome this. Not clear if this will be ready on
time.
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li> SDP:
<ul>
<li> Netstat - done - under testing
</li>
<li> Scalability - done
</li>
<li> small messages BW - on work
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li> iSER: Most changes are ready and integrated to ofed 1_2 git
tree.
</li>
<li> SRP: MPP integration for HA - we wait for new MPP driver from
Engenio
</li>
<li> RDS: Tziporet to approach Oracle to understand if the License
issue going to be resolved till end of month.
</li>
<li> VNIC - Integrated into ofed_1_2 git tree - Qlogic should test it
</li>
</ul>
<h3> Management:</h3>
<ul>
<li> OpenSM:
<ul>
<li> QoS - on work; first version will be ready at end of month
</li>
<li> FAT tree routing - done
</li>
<li> Taurus routing - done
</li>
<li> SA InformInfo<a
href="https://wiki.openfabrics.org/tiki-editpage.php?page=InformInfo"
title="Create page: InformInfo" class="wiki wikinew">?</a>
improvements and InformInfoRecord<a
href="https://wiki.openfabrics.org/tiki-editpage.php?page=InformInfoRecord"
title="Create page: InformInfoRecord" class="wiki wikinew">?</a>
support - done
</li>
<li> SA database dump/restore - ?
</li>
<li> Modular routing for multicast - ?
</li>
<li> IB router enablement - done
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li> Diagnostics:
<ul>
<li> Monitoring QoS - ?
</li>
<li> Partitions analysis - ?
</li>
<li> GUI tool - done
</li>
<li> perfquery support for extended port counters - done
</li>
<li> ibportstate enhancements to change link speed of a port - ?
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<b>MPI</b>
<ul>
<li> MVAPICH 0.99 - Beta should be ready this or next week.
</li>
<li> Open MPI 1.2 - Code in convergence. For the Alpha we will use a
pre-release version but it will become stable for the Beta
</li>
<li> MVAPICH2 0.9.8 - OSU (Shaun Roland) will be the owner in OFED
and will provide the source RPM, based on the 0.9.8 release that was
already done
</li>
<li> Each MPI owner will open a git tree on the OFA server and locate
the SRPM there.
</li>
</ul>
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