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

Ryan, Jim jim.ryan at intel.com
Thu Jul 20 14:04:47 PDT 2006 

Sure, I can do it or I can send a note to the closed promoters' list

Jim

-----Original Message-----
From: openfabrics-ewg-bounces at openib.org
[mailto:openfabrics-ewg-bounces at openib.org] On Behalf Of Tom Tucker
Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2006 1:13 PM
To: Shawn Hansen (shahanse)
Cc: moray at quadrics.com; Helen Chen; nick at quadrics.com;
openfabrics-ewg at openib.org; Sujal Das; John Hagerman; Leonid Grossman;
Kianoosh Naghshineh
Subject: Re: [openfabrics-ewg] iWARP Support in OFED 2.0 (Was OFED 1.1
planning meeting)

On Thu, 2006-07-20 at 12:43 -0700, Shawn Hansen (shahanse) wrote:
> 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.
> 

Is there someone on the board who would like to nominate one or more of
the iWARP vendor members to the EWG to start this process as Sujal
suggests?


> --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
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> > > 
> > 
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