[ofiwg] First!

[Jeff Squyres (jsquyres)]

Sorry folks -- these 2 mails were supposed to go to the new OFIWG-MPI list, but somehow they got redirected to the main OFIWG list.


On Apr 28, 2014, at 11:23 AM, "Jeff Squyres (jsquyres)" <jsquyres at cisco.com> wrote:

> Just to get something on the web archives...
> 
> This list is a sub-group of the OpenFabrics Interconnect Working Group (OFIWG).  I'm posting a summary of what has happened so far for those who are just joining the discussion.
> 
> The OFIWG is designing a new low-level Linux networking API.  Think of it as "Verbs 2.0", but without all the verbs / IB-specific baggage (*** see links at the end for more info on the overall effort).
> 
> In January, we collected a lot of feedback from the MPI community and presented it to the OFIWG.  Attached are the collated requirements / feedback that were presented to the OFIWG (*** see links at the end for more info).
> 
> These requirements were presented to the OFIWG (they asked lots of good questions), and much work has progressed beyond then.
> 
> This list was created to host the MPI-centric sub-discussions of the larger OFIWG libfabric discussions.
> 
> ------
> 
> Links for more information
> ==========================
> 
> Here's a brief writeup of the effort, and a good video of the technical lead of the OFIWG, Sean Hefty, describing the overall libfabric effort:
> 
> Writeup/InsideHPC:
>  http://insidehpc.com/2014/04/28/ofa-streaming-verbs-interface/
> 
> OFA Workshop video/Sean Hefty:
>  http://insidehpc.com/2014/04/18/sean-hefty-presents-scalable-fabric-interfaces/
> 
> Slides from video:
> https://www.openfabrics.org/images/Workshops_2014/DevWorkshop/presos/Monday/pdf/09.30_2014%20_OFA_Workshop_ofa-sfi.pdf
> 
> Explanations of the MPI requirements slides:
> 
> Blog post overview:
>    http://blogs.cisco.com/performance/a-fun-thing-happened-on-the-way-to-the-openframeworks-discussion-today/
> 
> InsideHPC slidecast:
>    http://insidehpc.com/2014/01/30/slidecast-mpi-requirements-network-layer/
> 
> OFA Workshop video/Nathan Hjelmn:
>    http://insidehpc.com/2014/04/20/video-mpi-requirements-network-layer/  
> 
> Slides from video:
> https://www.openfabrics.org/images/Workshops_2014/DevWorkshop/presos/Monday/pdf/11.15_2014%20_OFA_Workshop_mpi-community-feedback.pdf    
> 
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