[Openib-windows] [ANNOUNCE] Build 1.0.0.459 posted

[Jan Bottorff]

The official stand of Microsoft is the STORPORT miniport wrapper is not
capable of creating a correctly functioning virtual scsi adapter. This
view is shared by many highly experienced Windows kernel developers.

By breaking a lot of the rules, or living with degraded performance,
it's possible to make a virtual scsi driver that mostly works, although
it has no chance of WHQL certification.

Microsoft is working on an enhanced version of STORPORT that will
correctly function as a virtual scsi adapter. No release schedule has
been committed to, although informally I have been told it will be in
Longhorn server (and maybe even in Vista), and a QFE (i.e. special
update) will be available for Windows 2003.

- Jan

-----Original Message-----
From: openib-windows-bounces at openib.org
[mailto:openib-windows-bounces at openib.org] On Behalf Of Mirko Benz
Sent: Friday, August 25, 2006 6:44 AM
To: Fabian Tillier
Cc: openib-windows at openib.org
Subject: Re: [Openib-windows] [ANNOUNCE] Build 1.0.0.459 posted

Hello,

Has the SRP initiator been tested using the HCT? Which deficits are
there?
Is it possible to use the SCSI Controller tests from the HCT or is there

something special required?

Regards,
Mirko

Fabian Tillier schrieb:
> Hi Mirko,
>
> On 8/24/06, Mirko Benz <mirko.benz at xiranet.com> wrote:
>> Hi Fab,
>>
>> We have tested the new mthca driver + SRP initiator with our target
with
>> an initiator with a PCI-X HCA.
>> So far it works good and is stable.
>
> Great!
>
>> Could you provide an update regarding GA plans for the IB stack 
>> components?
>
> GA at the moment is defined by each individual vendor shipping OpenIB
> binaries.  There is no OFED-like process in place for Windows yet.
>
> I personally feel that the core, IPoIB, and WSD are ready for broad
> use.  We are close to achieving WHQL certification, working through
> some issues in WSD that don't seem to be in the OpenIB code.
>
> The SRP miniport hasn't gone through the HCT tests, so I still
> consider it beta-level.
>
> Hopefully that helps.
>
> - Fab


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