[ewg] OFED April 21 meeting summary

[Tziporet Koren]

OFED April 21 meeting summary about 1.3.1 plans and OFED 1.4
development: 

> 1. OFED 1.3.1:
> 1.1  Planned changes:
> 	ULPs changes:
> 		IB-bonding - done
> 		SRP failover - on work
> 		SDP crashes - on work
> 		RDS fixes for RDMA API - done
> 		librdmacm 1.0.7 - done
> 		Open MPI 1.2.6 - done
			uDAPL - on work
> 	Low level drivers: - each HW vendor should reply when the
> changes will be ready
			nes - will be ready on first week of May
			mlx4 - fixes are ready; changes to support Eth
are under review of the submission to kernel so not clear if they will
make it on time.
			cxgb3 - will be ready by middle of may. Majority
of changes should be submitted for RC1.
			ipath - wait for update from Betsy
			ehca - wait for update from Christoph

> 1.2 Schedule: we agreed that 2 release candidate should be sufficient
> 	GA is planned for May-29
> 	- RC1 - May 6
> 	- RC2 - May 20
> 
> Note: daily builds of 1.3.1 are already available at:
> http://www.openfabrics.org/builds/ofed-1.3.1
> 
> 
> 2. OFED 1.4:
> Release features were presented at Sonoma (presentation available at
> http://www.openfabrics.org/archives/april2008sonoma.htm)
	IPv6: Woody is looking for resources to add IPv6 support to the
CMA. Hal noted that it will require a change in opensm too.
	Xsigo Vnic & Vhba - Not clear if they will make it

	Kernel tree is under work at:
git://git.openfabrics.org/ofed_1_4/linux-2.6.git branch ofed_kernel
	We should try to get the kernel code to compile as soon as
possible so everybody will be able to contribute code.

	Schedule reminder:
	==============
	Release: Oct 06, 2008
	Features freeze: Jun 25, 08 (kernel 2.6.26 based)
	Alpha: 	Jul 9, 08
	Beta: 	Jul 30, 08 kernel 2.6.27-rcX (assuming it will be
available)
	RC1: 	Aug 13, 08
	RC2: 	Aug 27, 08
	RC3-RC5/6 - every 5-10 days
	Latest RC to be used in OFA interop event
	GA:   	Oct 06 08


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