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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060">Thanks Tom!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Tom Freeman [mailto:thomas.freeman@hgst.com] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, September 12, 2016 9:50 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Robles, Raymond C <raymond.c.robles@intel.com>; nvmewin <nvmewin@lists.openfabrics.org><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Huffman, Amber <amber.huffman@intel.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: OFA reference driver release assistance<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">I can run the Unit testing test for 64-bit on 2008R2, 2012 and 2012R2<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">These are the unit tests I’ll run:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">- 1 hour of data integrity testing using sdstress (Microsoft Tool)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">- 1 hour of heavy stress testing using IOMETER covering, at least, 512B, 4KB and 128KB ranging from 1 OIO to 64 OIO both sequential and random<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">- Quick and slow format of both MBR and GPT partitioning<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">- Microsoft SCSI Compliance, no failures except (warnings OK)<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"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Tom Freeman<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Software Engineer, Device Manager and Driver Development<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Western Digital Corporation<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">e.
<a href="mailto:Thomas.freeman@hgst.com">Thomas.freeman@hgst.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">o. +1-507-322-2311<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"><img border="0" width="150" height="47" style="width:1.5625in;height:.4895in" id="Picture_x0020_5" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D20CDD.6F370C30"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> nvmewin [<a href="mailto:nvmewin-bounces@lists.openfabrics.org">mailto:nvmewin-bounces@lists.openfabrics.org</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Robles, Raymond C<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, September 9, 2016 12:47 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> nvmewin <<a href="mailto:nvmewin@lists.openfabrics.org">nvmewin@lists.openfabrics.org</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Huffman, Amber <<a href="mailto:amber.huffman@intel.com">amber.huffman@intel.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [nvmewin] OFA reference driver release assistance<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060">Hello,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060">In order to officially release the OFA reference driver, there are some tests that need to be run.
<span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">I’m asking for volunteers for run the following tests:</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:#002060">WHQL/WHCK Certification Tests (no submission to MS required… just need test results)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:#002060">Normal Unit Testing Test Suite<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060">The only requirements for devices on which to run the above tests is that the NVMe SSD be 1.2 compliant. As additional info, here is a list of features that we’ve added since our last release. Please review and
sanity check my list.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060">Recent patches include<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:#002060">Performance improvement & robustness<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:#002060">NVMe Spec rev 1.2 feature compliant<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:#002060"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:#002060">Supports MS Windows 10, 8.1, 7, Server 2012 R2, 2012 and 2008 R2<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:#002060">Supports both 32 & 64-bit<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:#002060">What is new since last release:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:#002060">Namespace Management (Create, Delete, Attach, Detach)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:#002060">EOL Read Only Support<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:"Courier New";color:#002060"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">o<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:#002060">Win 8.1 Timers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:#002060">Surprise Removal Support in IOCTL Path<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:"Courier New";color:#002060"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">o<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:#002060">Disk Initialization Performance Optimization<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:"Courier New";color:#002060"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">o<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:#002060">Storage Request Block Support<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:"Courier New";color:#002060"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">o<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:#002060">StorPort Performance Options<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:"Courier New";color:#002060"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">o<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:#002060">StorPort DPC Redirection<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:#002060">Misc. Bug Fixes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:"Courier New";color:#002060"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">o<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:#002060">Security Send/Receive with Zero Data Length<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060">Thanks…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060">Ray<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D">Raymond C. Robles<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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