[ofw] WinOF 1.0 (Windows OpenFabrics) is available

Tue Jul 17 09:07:42 PDT 2007

Erez Cohen wrote:
> Stan,
> 
> We do not have a mechanism in place to build the WinOF stack. The
> builds are done manually from time to time. Fab used to do this, this
> days Mellanox are the one doing it.
> We definitely need to have a daily build mechanism for which we need a
> dedicated server in OpenFabrics and a large storage to place those
> builds. That was one of the goals I had for the last Sonoma meeting
> but we never got to that.
> 
> For now, I think customers who need the latest WSD fix can simply
> build the code from SVN and replace the WSD DLL or they can take the
> latest WSD fix (SVN 666) from
> http://lists.openfabrics.org/pipermail/ofw/2007-May/001537.html (need
> to change file extension to .7z). Please note that this fix is not the
> final one, we are still chasing a potential issue with WSD.
> 
> I think once we will have the WSD issue fixed and the SRP enhancements
> we will build new bin files so this may be a good point for making
> another MSI.

OK, sounds reasonable to wait for bug fix inclusion.

Should this release be called WinOF 1.0.1 ?

I'll contact Fab on the binary release scripts unless there is a
Mellanox person I should contact?

Once I have the understanding of how to construct the 32-bit components
in x64, I can rewire the WIX files to generate an installer (.msi)
directly from the src tree instead of the binary release tree.

Thanks,

Stan.

> 
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Erez Cohen
> Field Application
> Development Manager
> 
> Mellanox Technologies Ltd.
> Tel : + 972 - 4 - 9097200 ext 378
> Cell : + 972 - 54 - 5468801
> Fax : + 972 - 4 - 9593245
> www.mellanox.com
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Smith, Stan [mailto:stan.smith at intel.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 1:49 AM
> To: Erez Cohen; Tzachi Dar
> Subject: RE: [ofw] WinOF 1.0 (Windows OpenFabrics) is available
> 
> Erez Cohen wrote:
>> Stan,
>> 
>> In general I have no objection to build a drop (ideally we should
>> have 
> 
>> a daily MSI build for testing/regression) but it is important that
>> people understand this is not even RC as we do not have feature
>> freeze 
> 
>> and we did not test this code.
>> 
>> How complex is it for you to generate the MSI?
> Not too bad - validating the install package is what takes time...
> 
> Both the InstallShield and WIX installers depend on the binary release
> structure which has been used in the past openib-windows binary
> releases (566, 614). BTW, where would I find the script which
> compiles an openib-windows source tree and populates the binary
> release tree? 
> 
> The underlying question is how are the x64 binary tree 32-bit versions
> of complib (cl32.dll) ibal32.dll and others constructed?
> 
> If I have a binary release tree to work with, then it takes about 15
> minutes to build the InstallShield setup.exe install package files
> (x86, x64 &ia64); I've yet to figure out how to run InstallShield
> from a command line - it's heavily GUI oriented. Approximately 1 day
> for a quick install verify pass, nothing in-depth.
> 
> For the WIX installer, assuming a binary release tree is available,
> about the same amount of time to build & validate.
> The WinOF WIX installer build produces a .msi file, the msi build is
> driven from a Makefile. If you can explain how to build the 32-bit
> variants mentioned previously, I can modify the WIX Makefiles to
> generate a WIX install package directly from the src tree thus
> enabling a daily build install package generation capability.
> 
> The WIX installer is slightly different from the WinOF 1.0 installer
> in that it's ALWAYS a custom install, otherwise the same. Short story
> is to go down the 'typical' or 'minimal' WIX install path with a
> specific install screen of what was to be installed would require
> modifications to the open-source files which define the WIX mondo GUI
> setup thus creating a specific for openib-windows GUI; this is how
> the WIX folks do things - if you do see what you want, build it. The
> downside would be the  incorporation of modified WIX mondo GUI &
> files into the openib-windows src tree.
> If we use just the 'custom' install, then we use open-source WIX GUI
> files without modification.
> 
> I'll send you a WinOF 1.0 WIX based installer for you to take a look
> at. 
> 
> I understand/appreciate the issues around producing a release which
> has not been feature frozen and/or fully tested. The concern was that
> of the WSD null-pointer dereference patch which did not make it into
> WinOF 1.0. 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Stan.
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> 
>> Best regards,
>> 
>> Erez Cohen
>> Field Application
>> Development Manager
>> 
>> Mellanox Technologies Ltd.
>> Tel : + 972 - 4 - 9097200 ext 378
>> Cell : + 972 - 54 - 5468801
>> Fax : + 972 - 4 - 9593245
>> www.mellanox.com
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Smith, Stan [mailto:stan.smith at intel.com]
>> Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2007 11:30 PM
>> To: Erez Cohen; Tzachi Dar
>> Subject: FW: [ofw] WinOF 1.0 (Windows OpenFabrics) is available
>> 
>> 
>> What are your thoughts on doing a WinOF 1.1 head of svn tree build &
>> release? 
>> 
>> BTW, thoughts on release numbering:
>>   X.Y where
>> 	X is incremented when new functionality is incorporated into the
> 
>> release (connected mode IPoIB)
>> 	Y is incremented for bug fixes.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Stan.
>> 
>> 
>> Livingston, James wrote:
>>> Stan,
>>> 
>>> Does this release contain the WSD fix in Tzachi Dar's "RE: [ofw]
>>> NULL 
> 
>>> pointer dereference in WSD provider" message to the list of
>>> 5/21/2007? 
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> jwl
>>> 
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: ofw-bounces at lists.openfabrics.org
>>>> [mailto:ofw-bounces at lists.openfabrics.org] On Behalf Of Smith, Stan
>>>> Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2007 12:28 PM
>>>> To: Erez Cohen
>>>> Cc: ofw at lists.openfabrics.org
>>>> Subject: [ofw] WinOF 1.0 (Windows OpenFabrics) is available
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> WinOF 1.0 'gold release' is available @
>>>> http://www.openfabrics.org/~ardavis/WinOF_1.0/
>>>> 
>>>> A hearty 'Thank you' to all who assisted in WinOF 1.0 creation.
>>>> Special recognition goes to Erez Cohen for being patient.
>>>> 
>>>> Stan.
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