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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#44546A">Excellent!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Kwok Kong [mailto:Kwok.Kong@pmcs.com] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, June 30, 2014 3:59 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Robles, Raymond C; nvmewin@lists.openfabrics.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [nvmewin] Release 1.4 Plan and schedule<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">It has warning by still got thru. I received the attached file.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Thanks<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">-Kwok<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Robles, Raymond C [<a href="mailto:raymond.c.robles@intel.com">mailto:raymond.c.robles@intel.com</a>]
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, June 30, 2014 3:57 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Kwok Kong; <a href="mailto:nvmewin@lists.openfabrics.org">nvmewin@lists.openfabrics.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [nvmewin] Release 1.4 Plan and schedule<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#44546A">You’re welcome!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#44546A">Did the attachment get blocked? It was 11MB and I got a mail delivery failure message?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Kwok Kong [<a href="mailto:Kwok.Kong@pmcs.com">mailto:Kwok.Kong@pmcs.com</a>]
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, June 30, 2014 3:55 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Robles, Raymond C; <a href="mailto:nvmewin@lists.openfabrics.org">nvmewin@lists.openfabrics.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [nvmewin] Release 1.4 Plan and schedule<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Ray,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">This is great that you release this example code. I’ll work with Alex to check it into the nvmewin repo.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Thanks<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">-Kwok<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Robles, Raymond C [<a href="mailto:raymond.c.robles@intel.com">mailto:raymond.c.robles@intel.com</a>]
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, June 30, 2014 3:52 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Kwok Kong; <a href="mailto:nvmewin@lists.openfabrics.org">nvmewin@lists.openfabrics.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [nvmewin] Release 1.4 Plan and schedule<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#44546A">Kwok,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#44546A">This is great to see! Thank you to all the companies now contributing. I’m very happy to see the driver grow and evolve with the needs of the environment.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#44546A">On a similar note, I recently wrote a small, sample user space application that sends pass through IOCTLs. I had been getting external requests on how to
actually code pass through IOCTLs for NVMe devices. So, in the spirit of information sharing. I have attached the sample app here. This code is non-proprietary and should fall under the BSD license.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#44546A">Please feel free to use, or even possibly post to the nvmewin repo so that other contributors and/or companies can pull this sample source code for reference.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#44546A">Zip password: intel1234<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#44546A">Enjoy!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#44546A">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#44546A">Ray
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> <a href="mailto:nvmewin-bounces@lists.openfabrics.org">
nvmewin-bounces@lists.openfabrics.org</a> [<a href="mailto:nvmewin-bounces@lists.openfabrics.org">mailto:nvmewin-bounces@lists.openfabrics.org</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Kwok Kong<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, June 30, 2014 3:12 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:nvmewin@lists.openfabrics.org">nvmewin@lists.openfabrics.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [nvmewin] Release 1.4 Plan and schedule<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">All,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I am happy to announce that we now have a solid plan with commitment from a few companies to contribute to the 1.4 release of the driver by Nov 2014. Thanks to all the companies who contribute resource to make it happen. The plan is to
follow as:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Code commit order and Feature By Date Note<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in">1.<span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">
</span>Migrate to VS2013, WDK 8.1 Tom Freeman@hgst end of July<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in">2.<span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">
</span>WHQL Certification test Alex Chang@PMC early Aug include suggestion by Samsung<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in">3.<span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">
</span>buglist as suggested by Samsung (attached) Judy @Samsung Mid Aug<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in">4.<span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">
</span>WPP Tracing/WMI processing Tom Freeman@hgst end of Aug<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in">5.<span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">
</span>NVMe format enhancement Alex Chang@PMC early Sep<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in">6.<span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">
</span>Bus reset enhancement Judy@Samsung Mid Sep
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<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in">7.<span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">
</span>Hot plug/swap Judy @Samsung End of Oct<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Release 1.4 will be tested with VS2013, WDK 8.1 only. Older version of the tools may work but not be verified by the working group.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Let’s focus on getting release 1.4 out by Nov 2014. Go team Go.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">-Kwok<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Here is the meeting note for the May 21 2014 meeting:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">NVMe OFA Windows Driver Meeting Note (May 21, 2014)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Meeting Status<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">==============<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">1. Reviewed 1.3 release <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> - No further comment from the group.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">2. The group agreed on the following features for the 1.4 Release<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> - Driver Trace feature (WPP tracing) - Tom Freeman@hgst<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> - WMI commands processing - Tom Freeman@hgst<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> - Migrate to VS2013, WDK 8.1 - Tom Freeman@hgst<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> - WHQL Certification test - Alex Chang@PMC<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> - NVMe format enhancement / bug fix - Alex Chang@PMC<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">3. Expected release date for 1.4 is Nov 2014<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">4. Hot plug (graceful hot add/remove) and hot swap (surprised hot add/remove)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> features were discussed. Austin bolen from Dell said that surprise hot add/remove<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> had been in the PCIe standard since version 1. We should support it in future<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> release of the driver.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> We would consider adding hot plug/swap support in future release of the driver.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">5. The group reviewed the bug list / new features per suggestion from Judy @ Samsung.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> - We agreed that everything on the list should be fixed.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> - Need volunteers to work on the fix with the 1.4 release<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> - Judy was going to check with her management team if she could submit patches to fix<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> all these problems.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Features that are not supported currently<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">=========================================<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> NVMe 1.1 support:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> - multi-path<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> - SGL <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> - Get/Set feature update<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> - Autonomous power state transition<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> - Host Identifier<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> - Reservation Notification Mask<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> - Reservation Persistence<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> - identify structure update <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> - write zeros command<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> End to End Protection<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> Hot Plug (graceful hot add/remove)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> Hot Swap (surprised hot add/remove)<o:p></o:p></p>
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