[ofa-general] RE: [ewg] [PATCH 0/9] RDMAoE - RDMA over Ethernet -- some procedural questions

[Ryan, Jim]

Jeff, thanks, I'll try to keep this as brief as possible and offer more offline if anyone wants it:
- The bylaws state the requirement for a standards body to be associated with a proposal. It contains some examples, including the IETF and the IBTA (and others)

- I think it's fair to say there's some ambiguity around what a "proposal" would consist of. That's part of the discussion I've tried to get started in the past, unsuccessfully

- The bylaws also say the Board can ID other such bodies as the need is perceived

- My best understanding is the IBTA is developing a spec that addresses this area. Work has started, but I don't have a timeline for delivery.

An obvious concern to me is having code submitted prior to a spec being agreed

Jim 

-----Original Message-----
From: ewg-bounces at lists.openfabrics.org [mailto:ewg-bounces at lists.openfabrics.org] On Behalf Of Jeff Squyres
Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 9:25 AM
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Subject: Re: [ofa-general] RE: [ewg] [PATCH 0/9] RDMAoE - RDMA over Ethernet -- some procedural questions

On Jun 15, 2009, at 9:54 PM, Ryan, Jim wrote:

> - There was no standards body associated with the proposal.
>


Clarification question on this -- what exactly does this statement  
mean?  I ask because if you take that statement to the extreme, many  
things in OFED may not qualify.

For example, the uDAPL software API is standardized, so I assume it's  
fine.  The iWARP and IB hardware layers are standardized, but are  
there standardized software APIs?  Specifically: the verbs software  
stack is not standardized by any standards body, is it?  (what is the  
exact definition of "standards body", anyway -- does consensus of OFED  
members count?)

These may be naive questions (I don't follow these APIs at all), but  
is the RDS API standardized?  Is SRP?  Are the various tools that are  
shipped in OFED standardized?

I'm sure we don't want to take all these things out of OFED, but some  
clarification of the rules might be useful.

-- 
Jeff Squyres
Cisco Systems

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