[ewg] OFA EWG Meeting: Monday, Mar 12, 2017, 09:00 AM US Pacific Time (12pm EST) - Minutes

[Davis, Arlin R]

Attendees                         Company
Brendan Myers                 Software Forge
Pradeep Kankipati            Broadcom
Steve Wise                        Chelsio
Arlin Davis                        Intel
Tatyana Nikolova             Intel
Rupert Dance                   Software Forge
Michal Kalderon               Cavium



Minutes:

*         Opens

o   Missing device id for Broadcom adapter, required for April IBTA Interop testing.

?  Simple addition of device/vendor id; same drivers and minimal impact.

?  Broadcom to send out patch to ewg list and to Vlad, send adapter to UNH-IOL.



o   Rupert explained IBTA and OFA events

?  IBTA event is "IB and RoCE Plugfest": Transport and link levels (adapters, cables, switches)

*    33rd event - April 9th - http://www.infinibandta.org/content/pages.php?pg=events_plugfest

?  OFA-IWG Interop event; OFED software stack, IPoIB, ULP's, OpenMPI, (IB, iWARP, RoCE)

*    Next event - TBD: https://www.iol.unh.edu/testing/hpc/ofa/grouptest



*         OFED 4.8-2 RC3 (March 9th) status:  http://downloads.openfabrics.org/OFED/ofed-4.8-2/OFED-4.8-2-rc3.tgz

o   Release Notes: http://downloads.openfabrics.org/OFED/release_notes/OFED_4.8-2-rc3-release_notes

o   Test Status:

?  Intel build/validation team: (mlx4/5) RH 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4 SLES 12.1, 12.2, 12.3 - Passed

?  IWG interop results - Passed: Cavium looks good, "dracut" required.



*         OFED 4.8-3 GA  - go or no go decision

o   Waiting for Broadcom's vendor id patch, GA when Vlad returns from vacation next week.



*         OFED next - (don't wait for 4.8-2 GA, start discussions on email list)

o   Arlin will start the discussion:

?  Kernel.org 4.15.8 (stable) or 4.16-rc5 (April GA most likely) decision

?  Distro/Backport support, how far back do we support?

?  Library/ULP/Driver deprecation

?  Library/ULP/Driver addition



Please correct/add as needed.



Regards,



Arlin


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