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

[Hal Rosenstock]

Tziporet,

On 8/28/07, Tziporet Koren <tziporet at mellanox.co.il> wrote:
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> 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.
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> 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
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> 2. New install:
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> 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.
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> 3. bugzilla cleanup toward 1.3:
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> 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

This shouldn't be arbitrarily done as it will mean some bugs will need
to be reentered as they are still relevant. Can't this be done by the
developers on a discretionary basis ?

-- Hal

> Any one that opened a bug is invited to review the bugs and update their
> status (most important - close fixed bugs)
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> 4. Patches submitted to OFED :
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> 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
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> Tziporet Koren
> Software Director
> Mellanox Technologies
> mailto: tziporet at mellanox.co.il
> Tel +972-4-9097200, ext 380
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