[Ofa_boardplus] OFA Repo and Maintainer List cleanup

[Bernard Metzler]

"Ofa_boardplus" <ofa_boardplus-bounces at lists.openfabrics.org> wrote on
05/18/2018 23:43:21:

> From: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg at ziepe.ca>
> To: "Davis, Arlin R" <arlin.r.davis at intel.com>
> Cc: "ofa_boardplus at lists.openfabrics.org, "
> <ofa_boardplus at lists.openfabrics.org>, "Coulter, Susan K" <skc at lanl.gov>
> Date: 05/18/2018 23:44
> Subject: Re: [Ofa_boardplus] OFA Repo and Maintainer List cleanup
> Sent by: "Ofa_boardplus" <ofa_boardplus-bounces at lists.openfabrics.org>
>
> It would be useful to know if IBM is still using DAPL.
>
> Bernard can you find out?
>
So, yes, DB2 PureScale still uses it, and currently relies on it. So
IBM will find a solution to live without it, when uDAPL goes away.

Thanks
Bernard.

> Jason
>
> On Fri, May 18, 2018 at 08:24:20AM +0000, Davis, Arlin R wrote:
>
> > Yes, we do have to provide support for Intel MPI and Xeon Phi
> > Co-Processor for a couple more years. IBM DB2 PureScale is also a
> > consumer of DAPL, mainly because of the OS agnostic RDMA interfaces.
> >
> > -arlin
> >
> > >
> > > There is not much addition work (other than bug fixes) is being done
on
> > > DAPL, but it is still used by the shipping version of Intel MPI,
> so we still need
> > > the repo for now.
> > >
> > > Longer term, the next version of Intel MPI for 2019 is based on
> OFI and I am
> > > not sure if anything else is actually using DAPL, so longer
> term, Jason is right
> > > that it will stop being relevant in a couple of years.
> > >
> > > +Arlin, DAPL maintainer in case he wants to comment.
> > >
> > > Woody
> > >
> > >
> > > From: Ofa_boardplus
[mailto:ofa_boardplus-bounces at lists.openfabrics.org]
> > > On Behalf Of Jason Gunthorpe
> > > Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2018 12:24 PM
> > > To: Coulter, Susan K <skc at lanl.gov>
> > > Cc: ofa_boardplus at lists.openfabrics.org,
> > > <ofa_boardplus at lists.openfabrics.org>
> > > Subject: Re: [Ofa_boardplus] OFA Repo and Maintainer List cleanup
> > >
> > > libvmw_pvrdma is already part of rdma-core these days
> > >
> > > libscif is a 'verbs provider' and is incompatible with rdma-core, so
it is
> > > basically useless for OFA. Recommend to remove it too.
> > >
> > > That leaves only two things.. DAPL is basically a dead project
> superceeded by
> > > libfabric. It will stop being relavent in two years I suspect.
> > >
> > > The same excercies should be done on the windows side. AFAIK 'OFED
for
> > > Windows' and related is completely dead and should be removed too.
> > >
> > > Jason
> > >
> > > On Thu, May 17, 2018 at 07:11:07PM +0000, Coulter, Susan K wrote:
> > > >    Folks,
> > > >    This has been a long time coming … we need to remove old,
obsolete
> > > >    cruft from the OFA “repo”.
> > > >    Please review the attached document - it has 2 sections.
> > > >    1.  A list of the directories available from the
> "OpenFabrics Software”
> > > >    page.
> > > >    That page is a quick link from the OFA home page, so easy
> to get to and
> > > >    therefore prone to confuse.
> > > >    I am recommending all but 3 of those directories should be
removed.
> > > >    If we can find a better place for the 3 that seem current -that
would
> > > >    be great.
> > > >    ( since there is no “OpenFabrics Software” - and that wholepage
needs
> > > >    a major upgrade )
> > > >    2.  A list of Maintainers.
> > > >    We should either review and insure correctness of this list
> - or remove
> > > >    it entirely.
> > > >    Any feedback is appreciated.
> > > >    Thanx.
> > > >
> > > >    ================================
> > > >    Susan Coulter
> > > >    LANL / USRC / HPC-DES
> > > >    Network Lead
> > > >    (505) 412-6525
> > > >    Lokah Samastah Sukhino Bhavantu
> > > >    ================================
> > >
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