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

[Hal Rosenstock]

On Wed, 2008-03-05 at 17:45 +0200, Yevgeny Kliteynik wrote:
> 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?
> >   
> 
> I'm not aware of any switch FW dependency.

Does it work for Anafa (as well as Anafa-II (IS-3)) ?

> As for HCAs - I'll collect the relevant info and update
> the list and the doc.

Thanks.

> >> 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.
> >   
> 
> We can also update the release notes in the ofed_1_3 branch,
> and then it would be included in OFED 1.3.1 that will be out
> at some point.
> 
> >> 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.
> >   
> 
> I'll work to add a config option for this, something
> like --without-qos-annex.

Sounds good to me; thanks.

-- Hal

> Will it go into ofed_1_3 ?
> 
> -- Yevgeny
> 
> > Sasha
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