[ofa-general] RE: [ewg] RFC: Do we wish to take MPI out of OFED?

[Woodruff, Robert J]

I think that up till now, there has not been any updates that have
been so contentious that we needed a formal vote. 
I think that with most of the updates so far, there has
been a general consensus to add things.



-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Squyres [mailto:jsquyres at cisco.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 7:39 AM
To: Ryan, Jim
Cc: Tziporet Koren; Woodruff, Robert J; EWG; OpenFabrics General; Pavel Shamis (Pasha)
Subject: Re: [ofa-general] RE: [ewg] RFC: Do we wish to take MPI out of OFED?

On Jun 16, 2009, at 10:22 AM, Ryan, Jim wrote:

> Tziporet, there is some guidance on this question from the Bylaws:
>
> "...ARTICLE 14. MAINTENANCE OF AND MODIFICATION TO OPENFABRICS  
> SOFTWARE STACKS
>
> 14.1    Updates.  By a majority vote, the Board or its designated  
> Working Group may at any time update an OpenFabrics software stack  
> for the sole purpose of making error corrections or updates (e.g. a  
> subnet manager change, additional driver, or operating system  
> release synchronization) that do not substantially alter or augment  
> the functionality or capabilities of an OpenFabrics software stack.  
> The Board or Working Group may publish such updates subject to the  
> terms of Article 13.
>

Has the XWG (or some other group) been voting on all the "updates"  
that have gone into OFED over the years?

> 14.2    Modification.  Once an OpenFabrics software stack has been  
> approved, published and released, any additions or alterations (but  
> not updates) that substantially augment (e.g. a new transport, or  
> operating system) the functionality and capability of such  
> OpenFabrics software stack shall follow the procedures for approval  
> of a Proposal in Article 12..."
>

What does "an OpenFabrics software stack" mean -- is that specific to  
a release series such as 1.4.x?  Or does it effectively mean the  
entire OF stack, regardless of version?  I ask because the MPI change  
is proposed for v1.5.  Since 1.5 doesn't exist yet, is it covered by  
14.1 or 14.2?

-- 
Jeff Squyres
Cisco Systems