[ewg] OFA EWG Meeting: Monday, Jan 14th, 2019 - Minutes

[Adit Ranadive]

On 1/24/19 9:34 AM, Davis, Arlin R wrote:
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> *Action Item*: Please send your preference to the ewg mailing list so we can collectively decide the next release.
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> ·        Agreement to take the discussion to a wider audience  – here are the questions:
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> oDo we work 4.17-1, pick up RH7.6/SLES12.4, March/April GA timeframe?
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> oDo we skip 4.17-1, move ahead to OFED 5.0 to get closer to upstream code base and kernel.org RC’s?
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I can go either way. It depends on whether you want to prioritize adding OS support versus new features.
If you want a shiny new release for the interop event I would say go with a 4.17-1 that adds the new
OS'. Then you can switch to 5.1 which will probably have an RC right around that time. It should
also help us get RHEL 8.0 / SLES 15.1 like you mentioned.

Thanks,
Adit

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> Arlin
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> *From:*ewg [mailto:ewg-bounces at lists.openfabrics.org] *On Behalf Of *Davis, Arlin R
> *Sent:* Monday, January 14, 2019 12:36 PM
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> *Cc:* Bowden, Paul <paul.bowden at intel.com>
> *Subject:* [ewg] OFA EWG Meeting: Monday, Jan 14th, 2019 - Minutes
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> _Attendees                        Company _
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> Adit Ranadive                  VMware  
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> Bill Snapko                        Cavium   
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> Arlin Davis                         Intel                                
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> Rupert Dance                    SW Forge
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> Sindhu Devale                   Intel        
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> Steve Wise                        Chelsio
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> Vladimir Sokolovsky         Mellanox                           
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> Minutes:
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> ·        OFED future plans and timelines for 2019   
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> ·        Discussion on 4.17-1 release, adding RH7.6
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> o   Vlad can start in ~3 weeks with core backports, HW vendors follow (2-4 weeks), and testing (2-4 weeks)
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> o   This would put RC1 late February/early March, GA April.
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> o   This may align with interop spring event in March/April timeframe.
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> o   Note*: I missed SLES12.4* so we would add both RH7.6 and SLES12.4
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> ·        Discussion on skipping 4.17-1 and moving right to kernel.org 5.0
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> o   Kernel.org is now at 5.0 RC2, would be nice to start with RC’s
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> §  opportunity to test and get fixes upstream kernel
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> o   Might take a bit longer to get to OFED 5.0 RC and delay OFED support for RH7.6/SLES 12.4
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> o   This might align us with RH8.0 and SLES15.1 and get us support sooner
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> ·        Agreement to take the discussion to a wider audience  – here are the questions:
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> o   Do we work 4.17-1, pick up RH7.6/SLES12.4, March/April GA timeframe?
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> o   Do we skip 4.17-1, move ahead to OFED 5.0 to get closer to upstream code base and kernel.org RC’s?
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> *Action Item*: Please send your preference to the ewg mailing list so we can collectively decide the next release.
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> Note: Vlad is busy for next 3 weeks so work won’t start until first week of February.
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> Regards,
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> Arlin
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