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

[Hal Rosenstock]

Hi Sasha,

On Wed, 2008-03-05 at 11:10 +0000, Sasha Khapyorsky wrote:
> 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.

I expect 1.3 fix releases so it could be done there as well.

> > 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 :( .

'Fraid so. That's my recollection as well.

-- Hal

>  We can keep this enabled by default.

> Sasha
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