[nvmewin] Happy New Year... and status update

[Iuliu Rus]

I attached our patch.

On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 2:37 PM, Iuliu Rus <iuliur at google.com> wrote:

> Let me see if i can get it done by tomorrow eod...
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> On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 2:31 PM, Robles, Raymond C <
> raymond.c.robles at intel.com> wrote:
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>> Hi Iuliu,
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>> That’s great… thank you. Yes, the process is still the same (using SVN
>> patches).
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>> Please let me know if you have any questions/comments. My only question
>> for you is an ETA for the patch to be submitted.
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>> Thank you…
>>
>> Ray
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>> *From:* Iuliu Rus [mailto:iuliur at google.com]
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, June 07, 2016 2:28 PM
>> *To:* Robles, Raymond C <raymond.c.robles at intel.com>
>> *Cc:* nvmewin at lists.openfabrics.org
>> *Subject:* Re: Happy New Year... and status update
>>
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>> Yes we can send that to you. Is the process still the same?
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>> On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 1:25 PM, Robles, Raymond C <
>> raymond.c.robles at intel.com> wrote:
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>> Hello Iuliu,
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>> As the OFA community is closing on its mid-year release, we have only one
>> more patch that was targeted… concurrent channels. Will Google still be
>> submitting the concurrent channels patch?
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>> Thank you…
>>
>> Ray
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>>
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>> *From:* nvmewin-bounces at lists.openfabrics.org [mailto:
>> nvmewin-bounces at lists.openfabrics.org] *On Behalf Of *Robles, Raymond C
>> *Sent:* Thursday, January 14, 2016 4:55 PM
>> *To:* 'nvmewin at lists.openfabrics.org' <nvmewin at lists.openfabrics.org>
>> *Subject:* [nvmewin] Happy New Year... and status update
>>
>>
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>> Hello and Happy New Year,
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>> I hope everyone had a great holiday season and is off to a great start to
>> the new year!
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>> As communicated last month, the patch from HGST for the SCSI
>> multi-initiator changes has been approved and pushed. The holidays slowed
>> down much of the progress on the OFA driver and there were several patches
>> that did not get pushed prior to the end of the year. The list of patches
>> remained to be pushed are as follows…
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>> ·         Namespace Management (Intel)
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>> ·         Perf Opts (Samsung)
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>> ·         Win 8.1 Timers (Samsung)
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>> ·         EOL Read Only (Samsung)
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>> ·         Concurrent channels (Google)
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>> The namespace management patch will be sent out for review tomorrow (look
>> for the patch email from Carolyn)… stay tuned!!!
>>
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>> However, once this patch is resolved, we as a community will have to make
>> a decision on an official release strategy. The patch process and cadence
>> was significantly slower in 2015 which leaves us with a few options.
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>> 1.       Release what is in the trunk today (or after the namespace
>> management patch)… and call that the 2015 release (albeit later than
>> expected)
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>> 2.       In lieu of an official 2015 release, we push the remaining
>> patches listed above… and then release in ~Q2 of 2015. Basically skip a
>> 2015 release and go right into the mid-2016 release.
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>> 3.       Remove the concept of “official releases” from the OFA Windows
>> NVMe driver and just allow people, companies, and users to pull from the
>> OFA trunk as necessary.
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>> For #3 above, my thoughts are that because the OFA driver is not a
>> production driver… but a reference and enabling driver, it should/could be
>> managed as just that… a reference baseline driver that any potential user
>> can go and grab the source, or contribute a patch. Nothing more… nothing
>> less.
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>> For the release decision, I’ll be happy to call a meeting… but we can
>> also handle it via email as well… just let me know. Feedback from all is
>> welcome… but I would request mandatory feedback form the 4 reviewing
>> companies: Samsung, HGST, PMC-Sierra, and Intel. How would you like to
>> proceed?
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>> Thanks,
>>
>> Ray
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>> *[image: cid:image001.png at 01CB3870.4BB88E70]*
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>> *Raymond C. Robles*
>>
>> Non-Volatile Memory Solutions Group
>>
>> Intel Corporation
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