[ewg] RE: [ofa-general] Toward next OFED release (1.3)

[Lakshmanan, Madhu]

> From: general-bounces at lists.openfabrics.org
[mailto:general-bounces at lists.openfabrics.org] On
> Behalf Of Tziporet Koren
> Subject: [ofa-general] Toward next OFED release (1.3)
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> On next Monday we will have the first meeting to close OFED 1.3
features and schedule.
> As a preparation I send here the list of features we already reviewed
in Sonoma, and other
> features I see in progress on the general list discussions.
> 
> I know this is a long mail :-( but I ask each of the
maintainers/customers to review this list and
> send comments and other requests.
> 
> There are some ULPs that I placed "?" and the owner should review and
reply with the plans.
> 
> Thanks,
> Tziporet
> 
> 
> Main New Features
> ==============
> Base kernel: 2.6.23 (we will start with 2.6.22 but will move to
2.6.23)
> Install:
> 
> *	Minimize integration effort into OS distribution
> *	Break the packages RPMs (work with Novell and Redhat)
> 
> 
> Package:
> 
> *	Sources arrangement for the end user (for the labs)
> *	Reduce compilation warnings
> 
> 
> QoS:
> 
> *	OSM
> *	CM & CMA
> *	ULPs: SDP, SRP, IPoIB, RDS?
> 
> 
> Core:
> 
> *	Updated SA cache
> *	User space events registration
> *	Preparations for IB routers
> 
> 
> libibverbs:
> 
> *	New verbs:
> 
> 	*	Scalable Reliable Connected Transport (with Mellanox
ConnectX)
> 	*	Shared Send Queue
> 	*	Reliable Multicast ?
> 
> 
> Management:
> 
> *	Multiple partitions
> *	OpenSM
> 
> 	*	More routing performance improvements
> 	*	Even more speedups
> 	*	Better packaging/installation
> 	*	"Native" daemon mode
> 	*	Performance management
> 	*	Quality of Service manager: Based on IBTA annex
> 
> *	More diagnostics - Hal please update
> 
> 
> ULPs:
> 
> *	IPoIB: NAPI; CM in GA; Bonding in GA
> *	NFS over RDMA integration
> *	RDS: RDMA API (using FMRs); GA quality with Oracle 11
> *	SDP: Keepalive; Asynch IO (Zero Copy)
> *	SRP: HA in GA
> *	VNIC: ? Qlogic - please update

VNIC: 
    - GA quality. Not a technology preview version anymore.
    - Added support for QLogic EVIC (10 Gbps Infiniband-to-Ethernet
gateway) - in GA
    - mlx4 and ipath support - in GA

Thanks,

Madhu Lakshmanan
QLogic Corporation