[openib-general] OpenIB and IBTA CIWG Testing/Plugfest

[Hal Rosenstock]

Hi,

Just wanted to report on some goings on at the CIWG which may be of
interest.

There is a big push at the CIWG to deal with OpenIB compliance and
testing although there is still some confusion relative to OpenIB.
They are working on understanding this and the group leader asked the
CIWG interop subgroup to discuss this and come up with recommendations.
There was a subgroup meeting on this yesterday in which I participated.
Clearly the goal is for OpenIB to achieve IL (integrator list) status.
Next Plugfest is in April and the subsequent one is in October.

Here is a brief synopsis:

1. DTA has been a stumbling block. DTA will be frozen at rev 0.95. There
was discussion on the availability of Open Source DTAs. From the OpenIB
side, I think this requires a CM and user space access.

2. There is a push for application validation but this is longer term.
Shorter term is ULP interop. Currently there are IPoIB procedures which
have been run at the last 2 Plugfests. The major missing one is DHCP.
There is an action item to coordinate this with the IETF IPoIB WG.

3. Discussion about new ULPs for next Plugfest. Someone has signed up to
develop interop procedures for SDP. uDAPL is being investigated,
although it has it's own Plugfest currently (and works over more than
just IB).

I will keep this list posted if there is interest and as news occurs.

-- Hal