[ewg] EWG/OFED meeting notes for May 2, 2011

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 On Mon, 2 May 2011 17:02:06 +0000, Tziporet Koren 
 <tziporet at mellanox.co.il> wrote:
> Some captures I took in the meeting today:
> (Please add more if you have)
>
> WIKI - we have tried it and the main problem was keeping the WIKI
> updated. The OFA members are not enough interested in doing it.
> However if OFA will found UNH group that will do it the community 
> will
> be able to support them. Jim and Rupert will take this offline
>
> Package:
> - Easy way to get the sources only
> - Provide binaries for specific OSes
> - How to make sure OFED install works well with the distros ?
> - Enterprise customers should take the support from Distros, and we
> should work with the Distros to push all new needed features to them.
>
> *	Website:
> 	-	Provide for the open community to be able to support issue 
> discussion  KEN: This is what the Forum was set up for.
> 	-	Installing upgrades and management are not easy
> 	-	Developing a true feedback infrastructure involves *you* the 
> audience
> - Users questions - we can have a new reflector but need someone that
> will answer the questions, and maybe users working group. Need to 
> find
> a way for pushing this.

 KEN: This is specifically what the User Forum was set up for.

> *	Quality Control: not sufficient for true 24X7
> - This feedback is not clear. OFA is not providing support directly,
> only the vendors and distros will provide it.
> *	Need monitoring and debug tools
> - This comes up to business - need a lot of investment here, and no
> one wish to give this for free. There are solutions that can be
> purchased from the vendors.
> *	Coordination w/ Distros/Packaging: OFED not same as distros.
> 	Note: this is listed for completeness, but will the subject of other
> meetings to be called by Bill
> *	Need for "soft" tools
> - This is emulating HW without having the real HW (like soft-iWARP,
> and SoftRoCE). Good for development - Jim will take this and see if
> this can be pushed.
> *	Interoperability not sufficient to current needs, much less 
> projected
> - UNH testing all equipment they have. Need to make sure multi-vendor
> equipment is working. Need to see what should be added to the interop
> program.
> *	Improve version control and compatibility across versions
> - Need to add testing of different OFED versions (e.g. 1.5.1 with
> 1.5.2 etc.). Maybe interop testing can cover this as well.
>
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> Tziporet
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-- 
 Ken