[ewg] OFED Aug 27 meeting summary on OFED 1.3 development status

[Tziporet Koren]

OFED Aug 13 meeting summary on OFED 1.3 development status:
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1. Decided to delay the feature freeze to Sep 10.
*	MPI update:
*	Open MPI: will have some intermediate package for OFED
*	Mvapich: first OFED package will start with version 0.99 (that
was part of 1.2.5). The package of the new release will be ready by end
of Sep.
*	Mvapich2: new release 1.2 will be ready on time for the feature
freeze.
*	QoS in the kernel - need update from Sean 
*	Neteffect new RNIC driver - will be ready in 2 weeks
*	bonding - will be ready in 2 weeks

2. New install:
*	Asked all to test and review the new install since Vlad is going
for 3 weeks vacation on Sep 10
*	Explained the feature to build without installation is not
available any more.
Reasons for change were that working in the previous mode was against
rpm native usage and caused many issues to other packages (like MPI).
In addition it caused OFED spec files and package to be not useful for
the distros.

3. bugzilla cleanup toward 1.3:
*	We wish to clean the bugzilla database before we start the 1.3
release phase.
*	Tziporet will move all open bugs that were opened for OFED 1.2
to OFED 1.3
*	Older bugs will be moved to WONTFIX status
*	Any one that opened a bug is invited to review the bugs and
update their status (most important - close fixed bugs)

4. Patches submitted to OFED :
*	Decided that all kernel patches must submitted for the list for
review before merging them to the kernel
*	Regarding user space: sending patches to the list is recommended
but not a must
*	For critical components (like libibverbs, ucma, osm) sending
patches to review is required too
*	Reminder: Each patch must include short explanation + sign-off



Tziporet Koren
Software Director
Mellanox Technologies
mailto: tziporet at mellanox.co.il
Tel +972-4-9097200, ext 380

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