[ewg] OFA EWG Meeting: Monday, Jan 27th 2020 - Minutes

[Davis, Arlin R]

Attendees                    Company
Arlin Davis                     Intel
Rupert Dance               SW Forge

Vladimir Sokolovsky    Mellanox

Adit Ranadive                VMware
Devesh Sharma             Broadcom
Sindhu Devale                Intel
Paul Grun                        HPE-Cray
Jim Ryan                          OFA



Missing: Cavium, Chelsio, Huawei



Agenda:

*         OFED_5.5 - discuss future requirements and validate resource commitments

*         Kernel.org 5.5 just released, if we move forward, we would likely build OFED-5.6 (2 weeks out).

*         IWG is not ready to communicate their new charter, no input regarding OFED requirements at this time.

*         Broadcom still needs OFED with latest upstream backported for customers, can commit resources for their drivers

*         VMware also needs OFED with latest upstream backported for customers, can commit resources

o   Both mentioned the need for quick turnaround, little value if it takes 4-6 months to release.

*         Intel would like OFED but only for OFA interop/validation testing.

o   No backports, can commit resources for kernel.org support only.

o   In-box distro support and latest upstream kernel is their support model

*         Mellanox

o   In-box distro support, latest upstream kernel, and Mellanox OFED is their support model

o   Will continue to support OFED with mlx backports, however:

o   Cannot commit to quick turnaround on rdma_core integration/backports going forward



*         Need input from Cavium, Chelsio, and Huawei - CC'ed on minutes, please respond to EWG list

*         Need someone to volunteer for quick rdma_core integration/backporting - Anyone?



Regards,



Arlin
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