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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light","sans-serif";color:black">OFA - 2015 Planning Meeting (2/27/2015)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:gray">Friday, February 27, 2015<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:gray">1:54 PM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Agenda:</span></u></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">3<sup>rd</sup> and 4<sup>th</sup> reviewing companies<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">1.1/1.2 features<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Releases<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">WHQL strategy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Attendees:</span></u></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Ray, Carolyn (Intel)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Tom (HGST)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Austin (Dell)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Uma (SK Hynix)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Suman (Samsung)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><numerous others unidentified><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">AR’s from last meeting:</span></u></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Dell (Austin): Identify initial WHQL strategy for 2015 (mid-February… next meeting to discuss).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Completed (2/27/2015):</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> 2015 Releases will follow same WHQL
strategy as 2014 releases.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Samsung (Judy): Follow up with management on becoming 3<sup>rd</sup> mandatory reviewing member company for OFA (2 weeks).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Completed (1/30/15):</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> Samsung has agreed to become 3<sup>rd</sup>
mandatory reviewing member company. Thanks Judy!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">HGST (Ken): Follow up with management on becoming 3<sup>rd</sup> mandatory reviewing member company for OFA (2 weeks).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Completed (2/27/2015):</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> HGST will be 4th reviewing company
(code review only, no testing). Thanks Tom!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Intel (Ray): Provide preliminary list of 1.1/1.2 features, both mandatory and optional, to start discussion on what to include in 2015 releases.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Completed (2/27/2015):</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> Ray sent out preliminary list for
working group to review prior to meeting. Discussed list in last meeting (see minutes below).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Intel (Ray): Communicate with Ken Strandberg at OFA website for logistical changes (mid-February… next meeting).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Completed (2/12/2015):</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> OFA executive team list updated.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Meeting Minutes:</span></u></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">3rd and 4th Reviewing Company - Samsung (Judy) and HGST (Tom)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">1.1/1.2 feature review and discussion<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Tom (HGST): Would like to see all 1.1 features (except SGL) in OFA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Austin (Dell): AER: in the driver or not?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Having it in the driver, you don't limit this to just one host process/application<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Tom (HGST): Atomicity: how does host know to set and use parameters correctly<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Live firmware update (optional)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Can we make this seamless and not disruptive?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Adding this feature requires an arch decision on whether to re-enumerate or not<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Re-enumeration is *almost* equivalent to a reset, which defeats purpose of live FW update<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">No re-enumeration is *dangerous* as some critical metadata may have changed (e.g. SN, NSZE, NCAP, NN, etc.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">2015 OFA releases will continue on same cadence as 2014 releases (Q2 and Q4 release)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Start I/O Concurrent Channels<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Instead of learning cores, use perf opts. Shave off 2 seconds in init code… using Storport initialize perf opts. No need for source core interrupt steering
code in driver. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>(push to Q4 release)</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">AR's:</span></u></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Intel (Ray): Provide better customer/business case for SGL support in driver (3/20/2015)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Dell (Austin): Provide quick overview of how WMI can be used for AER async reporting to subscribed user apps (3/20/2015)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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