[openfabrics-ewg] iWARP Support in OFED 2.0 (Was OFED 1.1 planning meeting)

Thu Jul 20 12:43:51 PDT 2006

In order to join EWG, an OFA board member needs to nominate the
candidate, and the candidate is approved by a majority vote of board
members.

--Shawn 

-----Original Message-----
From: openfabrics-ewg-bounces at openib.org
[mailto:openfabrics-ewg-bounces at openib.org] On Behalf Of Sujal Das
Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2006 10:56 AM
To: Bill Boas; Jeff Squyres (jsquyres); openfabrics-ewg at openib.org
Cc: moray at quadrics.com; Helen Chen; nick at quadrics.com; Leonid Grossman;
Tom Tucker; Kianoosh Naghshineh; John Hagerman
Subject: Re: [openfabrics-ewg] iWARP Support in OFED 2.0 (Was OFED 1.1
planning meeting)

Bill et al:

I still think this needs to be addressed outside of the EWG mailing list
until members have officially joined EWG. In Openfabrics-general and
openfabrics-promoters.  We need to focus on having the iWARP vendors
join EWG - this is the first step. The second step would be initiating
discussions on OFED 2.0 release logistics and features with iWARP -
something that is definitely appropriate for the EWG mailing list.

About requirements for joining EWG, I would rather have Shawn Hansen,
who is the chair, comment on this.  

-Sujal

-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Boas [mailto:bboas at systemfabricworks.com]
Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2006 8:59 PM
To: Sujal Das; 'Jeff Squyres (jsquyres)'; openfabrics-ewg at openib.org
Cc: 'Lyness, Steve'; 'Helen Chen'; 'Tom Tucker'; 'John Hagerman';
'Kianoosh Naghshineh'; 'Leonid Grossman'; moray at quadrics.com;
nick at quadrics.com; 'Matt Leininger'
Subject: RE: [openfabrics-ewg] iWARP Support in OFED 2.0 (Was OFED 1.1
planning meeting)

Sujal,

I think the iWARP vendors that have joined OFA (NetEffect, Chelsio and
soon, I believe, Neterion and Quadrics - and they are all copied on this
email)would appreciate your reminding everyone of the requirements to
join OFED working group from the time these requirements were generated
by the EWG and agreed to by the Board of OFA.

Then iWARP representatives, please respond so we can all get a sense of
what the status of the iWARP patches and drivers are for kernel
acceptance, Linux distribution adoption and OFED EWG inclusion.

Is this an OK approach to everyone?

Bill. 

Bill Boas
VP, Business Development | System Fabric Works
bboas at systemfabricworks.com | 510-375-8840

-----Original Message-----
From: Sujal Das [mailto:Sujal at mellanox.com]
Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2006 10:22 AM
To: Bill Boas; Jeff Squyres (jsquyres); openfabrics-ewg at openib.org
Cc: Lyness, Steve; Helen Chen; Tom Tucker; John Hagerman; Kianoosh
Naghshineh
Subject: RE: [openfabrics-ewg] iWARP Support in OFED 2.0 (Was OFED 1.1
planning meeting)

That is a good initiative Bill.

Bear in mind that OFED 1.1 is more of a "filling-the-holes" release to
OFED 1.0.  So, we would like to keep the focus on OFED 1.1 limited to
meet customer requirements and commitments (key Wall Street companies
and Labs).

We need to plan for an OFED 2.0 alpha prior to SciNet06 that includes
iWARP.  I would suggest starting a separate thread on OFED 2.0 planning
in the openfabrics-general mailing list and move that discussion to
openfabrics-ewg after iWARP vendors have officially joined the EWG per
the requirements approved earlier by the promoters (when EWG was
approved).

That is my two cents. Would request Shawn, the Chair of EWG to comment
on this.

Thanks

Sujal

-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Boas [mailto:bboas at systemfabricworks.com]
Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2006 10:04 AM
To: Sujal Das; 'Jeff Squyres (jsquyres)'; openfabrics-ewg at openib.org
Cc: 'Lyness, Steve'; 'Helen Chen'; 'Tom Tucker'; 'John Hagerman';
Kianoosh Naghshineh
Subject: RE: [openfabrics-ewg] OFED 1.1 planning meeting

Sujal, Jeff, et al:

Could the EWG please include in its planning the integration of the
iWARP code into an OFED release or release candidate in sufficient time
for the OpenFabrics SCinet06 team to be able to operate the OF part of
SCinet with a single set of OFED code supporting both IB and the
RDMAoEthernet.

Steve Lyness is the leader of the overall OFA SCinet06 team, Helen Chen
is leading the Ethernet part. 

Thank you.

Bill Boas
VP, Business Development | System Fabric Works
bboas at systemfabricworks.com | 510-375-8840

-----Original Message-----
From: openfabrics-ewg-bounces at openib.org
[mailto:openfabrics-ewg-bounces at openib.org] On Behalf Of Sujal Das
Sent: Monday, July 17, 2006 11:16 AM
To: Jeff Squyres (jsquyres); openfabrics-ewg at openib.org
Subject: Re: [openfabrics-ewg] OFED 1.1 planning meeting

Jeff,
20 will be adequate.  If you are not going to attend, as the Open MPI
maintainer, please send a list of what is planned for the next release.
Thanks
Sujal

-----Original Message-----
From: openfabrics-ewg-bounces at openib.org
[mailto:openfabrics-ewg-bounces at openib.org] On Behalf Of Jeff Squyres
(jsquyres)
Sent: Monday, July 17, 2006 11:11 AM
To: openfabrics-ewg at openib.org
Subject: Re: [openfabrics-ewg] OFED 1.1 planning meeting

Ok.  The call information will be sent around shortly.

I unfortunately will be unable to attend this meeting (vacation).

I have scheduled the meeting for 20 dial-in slots.  Do we need more than
this?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sujal Das [mailto:Sujal at mellanox.com]
> Sent: Monday, July 17, 2006 2:08 PM
> To: Jeff Squyres (jsquyres); openfabrics-ewg at openib.org
> Subject: RE: [openfabrics-ewg] OFED 1.1 planning meeting
> 
> Yes.  Please send out the call in info.  Thanks Jeff. 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeff Squyres (jsquyres) [mailto:jsquyres at cisco.com]
> Sent: Monday, July 17, 2006 11:04 AM
> To: Sujal Das; openfabrics-ewg at openib.org
> Subject: RE: [openfabrics-ewg] OFED 1.1 planning meeting
> 
> Certainly.  The last OFED teleconference I had on my calendar was on a
> Monday:
> 
> Noon, US Eastern time
> 9am, US Pacific time
> 7pm, Israel time
> 
> Are you proposing this timeslot for this upcoming Monday (24 July)?
>  
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: openfabrics-ewg-bounces at openib.org
> > [mailto:openfabrics-ewg-bounces at openib.org] On Behalf Of Sujal Das
> > Sent: Monday, July 17, 2006 1:32 PM
> > To: openfabrics-ewg at openib.org
> > Subject: [openfabrics-ewg] OFED 1.1 planning meeting
> > 
> > Hello all,
> > 
> > We would like to call an OFED v1.1 planning meeting ASAP.  
> We can use
> > the regular time and call-in number that Shawn/Jeff from
> Cisco had set
> > up earlier.  Shawn/Jeff: will you please confirm and send a
> reminder?
> > 
> > Some critical feature requirements for OFED 1.1 are based
> on customer
> > feedback on OFED 1.0, specifically some missing features
> that continue
> > the perception of OFED 1.0 as being inferior to proprietary stacks:
> > 
> > - Support for SLES 9 in general
> > - SRP failover and MPP
> > - SDP usability
> > - RDS usability
> > - UDAPL scalability
> > - High Availability
> > - Additional OS/CPU platforms support for iSER, sync with upstream 
> > kernel
> > - Etc
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > Sujal
> > 
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> > openfabrics-ewg at openib.org
> > http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openfabrics-ewg
> > 
> 

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