[Ofa_boardplus] Logo Program Discussion

[Jason Gunthorpe]

On Fri, Sep 01, 2017 at 03:11:32PM +0000, Bowden, Paul wrote:

>   Broadcom and Cavium are actively participating in the OFA-IWG,
> both debug and the current Logo event.  It's been a productive
> activity and have identified and resolved interop issues, also
> including the Intel iWarp device Woody mentioned.  Turning out to be
> a good year for new devices and interop in general.

FWIW, I strongly *strongly* recommend that the iWarp and RoCE
communities run a plug fest kind of activity to test *hardware*
interoperability.

It doesn't need to be a logo program. But it does need to focus on
each protocol and specifically test the grey areas where
mistakes are possible in the HW implementations.

I would strongly recommend that each protocol have it's own subgroup
that manages its own plug fest protocols and test plan specific to
their technology.

> I'm a strong proponent for increasing UNH-IOL's contribution
> relative to more active pre-release testing of both OFED and OS
> Distros and increasing the focus on SW stability. As Woody and Susan
> have mentioned these are both areas we're looking to extend thru the
> new services agreement(s) and budget changes to improve both the
> value and stability of RDMA.

Yes, great - but again, this should be a well defined activity
distinctly separate from the hardware testing. It shouldn't be an
after thought that is done as a side effect from running the logo
program.

I would want to see the distros and the customers have a huge input to
what software is being tested, and what hardware is included, and I'd
want to see the OFA fund hardware acquisition if the distros & customers
deem it necessary.

This is very different from the plug feest type hardware testing and
deserves its own working group style of environment.

Jason