[ofa-general] Re: OFED 1.3 OpenSM and QoS Annex Support

[Sasha Khapyorsky]

Hi Hal,

On 10:22 Tue 04 Mar     , Hal Rosenstock wrote:
> 
> As I recall, the QoS manager (at OFED 1.3) is experimental. If so, in
> the release notes, QoS manager should be indicated as experimental in
> the release notes.

Yes, it seems correct.

> Additionally, there should be some statement of what
> HCAs and firmware versions this works with (and any switch firmware
> dependencies if any).

Would be nice to have.

Yevgeny, could you provide such info?

> It also brings on new tools requirements for building (versions of yacc
> and lex) which should also be indicated there (and perhaps checked
> somehow in the build process).
> 
> Can this get added/updated to the release notes ?

The only technical problem I see with this is that 1.3 was released
already. We could update release notes in the master - better than
nothing.

> Also, it would also be nice if there were a way to not include this in
> the OpenSM build if not wanted (an --enable-qos-annex configure option
> or the like). Is that a straightforward change ?

Seems fine for me. And I think it was discussed already, but somehow
forgotten :( . We can keep this enabled by default.

Sasha