[ofa-general] Agenda for OFED meeting today

[Jeff Squyres]

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On Jul 16, 2007, at 10:50 AM, Tziporet Koren wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> We have our OFED synch meeting today at 9am PST.
>
> Agenda:
> 1. Merge the OFED 1.2.1 release with OFED 1.2.c release in August.
> 2. Agree on OFED 1.3 schedule:
>         * Feature freeze - Sep 4
>         * Alpha release - Sep 10
>         * Beta release - Sep 25
>         * RC1 - Oct 16
>         * RC2 - Oct 30
>         * RC3 - Nov 8 (assuming many of us are at SC07 on the week  
> of Nov 11)
>         * RC4 - Nov 20
>         * GA release - Nov 30 (or first week of Dec)
> 3. Review OFED 1.3 features list:
> In last meeting we decided that the schedule is one of the most  
> important parameters in OFED 1.3.
> Thus I divided the features for two categories:
>
> "must have" features - features that must be ready for the release  
> (marked with *)
> "optional" features - features that can be included in the release  
> in case they are ready according to the schedule
>
> Must have general features:
> ====================
>
> Kernel base on 2.6.23 (all new features that will be part of this  
> kernel will be included in OFED 1.3)
> Install:
> Break the packages RPMs (work with Novell and Redhat) to minimize  
> integration effort into OS distribution
> Package:
> Sources arrangement for the end user (for the labs)
> New HCAs & RNICs:
> ConnectX support
> Any other new HW?
> QoS: OSM, CM, CMA, ULPs (IPoIB, SDP, SRP)
>
> Other features (must have marked with *)
> ==============================
>
> libibverbs: New verbs:
> Scalable Reliable Connected Transport (with Mellanox ConnectX)*
> Reliable Multicast?
>
> ULPs:
>
> IPoIB:
> Performance improvements (those that will be stable on time)
> NAPI - done
> SDP:
> * Keepalive
> * AIO
> uDAPL:
> DAT 2.0 support with IB extensions for immediate data, atomics;
> Add extensions for new verbs (SRCT,RM)
> VNIC:
> GA quality. Not a technology preview version anymore.
> Added support for QLogic EVIC (10 Gbps Infiniband-to-Ethernet  
> gateway) - in GA
> RDS: RDMA API (using FMRs); GA quality with Oracle 11
> NFSoRDMA integration - pending we have a maintainer
>
> Management:
> * Multiple partitions via libibumad
> OpenSM
> More routing performance improvements - done
> Even more speedups - done
> Better packaging/installation - done
> “Native” daemon mode - done
> * Performance management
> * Quality of Service manager: Based on IBTA annex
> Enhancements for fat tree routing (non pure tree support) - done
> More console commands and telnet access to console - done
> More diagnostics
> ibidsverify.pl: validate LIDs and GUIDs in subnet - done
> Updated ibnetdiscover format with link width and speed, and GUIDs -  
> done
> ibnetdiscover grouping support for new Voltaire chassis - done
> diag updates for IB router support - done
> iblinkinfo.pl: Support peer port link width and speed validation -  
> done
> ibdatacounters: Add script and man page for subnet wide data  
> counters saquery enhancements - done
>
> iWARP:
> * Chelsio: Get to GA level
> NetEffect: Get the drivers into OFED
>
> Tziporet Koren
> Software Director
> Mellanox Technologies
> mailto: tziporet at mellanox.co.il
> Tel +972-4-9097200, ext 380
>
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