[ewg] FW: OFA EWG OFED device vendor support questions....

[Devesh Sharma]

Hi Arlin,

I missed to respond or attend meetings due to my vacation. I shall get back
to you as soon as possible on this matter.

Regards
Devesh


On Fri, Nov 15, 2019, 21:52 Davis, Arlin R <arlin.r.davis at intel.com> wrote:

> Devesh, or someone from Broadcom, can you respond please?
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> Please send me your status/plans for OFED 5.3 support and answer questions about your company’s future commitments.
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> ·         *For OFED 5.3, confirm status as stated* or *provide an update
> with resource commitment and ETA to complete*:
>
> o   Mellanox – Vlad (most backports complete) – *will work OFED 5.x if
> vendors are commit; if not they will focus on MOFED*
>
> o   Chelsio – Bharat (no resource commitments for OFED 5.3) – *vote for
> skipping 5.3 and work 5.5*
>
> o   Cavium- Michal (no resources, disable for 5.3) – *no commit to 5.5
> backports, will support OFED-5.x out-of-box kernel*.
>
> o   Broadcom – Devesh (resources tight, no ETA for backports) – *No
> response ????*
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> o   VMware – Adit (not ready for 5.3, move to 5.5) *– committed to OFED,
> skipping 5.3 and work 5.5*
>
> o   Huawei – Lijun Ou (working with Vlad on 5.3 and backports) – *working
> on 5.3, would rather not wait*
>
> o   Intel (i40iw) - Henry (5.3 kernel support only, no change from OFED
> 4.18) – *no backport work, kernel.org <http://kernel.org> version only.*
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> ·         *Would it be better to skip OFED 5.3 and target a newer kernel,
> maybe 5.5 early next year? *
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> ·         *Are you committed, with resources, to support OFED going
> forward?  *
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>
> Regards,
>
>
>
> Arlin
>
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