[ofw] RE: WWG 3-17-09 meeting minutes

[Smith, Stan]

So much for cut-n-paste....

Would you believe 4-16-09

Smith, Stan wrote:
> Attending: Mellanox (Ishai, Tzachi) Qlogic (John) Microsoft (Fab)
> Intel (Sean, Stan)
>
> QLogic has downsized WinOF resources:
>   Will miss quality input from Alex Estrin & Eleanor Witiak.
>
> QLogic has committed to a WinOF driver for upcoming QL HCA.
>
> QLogic still committed to making QA resources available for WinOF 2.1.
>
> IPoIB CM work will be transitioned to Mellanox.
>
> WinOF 2.1 will be WHQL'ed prior to being released.
>
> WinOF 2.1 functionality freeze will occur when WHQL process starts;
> target is mid-May.
>
> WinOF 2.1 will branch late in WHQL process; ETA for branch @ 90% WHQL
> complete.
>
> WHQL process time to complete is order 4-5 weeks.
>   Run/pass WHQL tests.
>   MS validates results plus MS runs own tests.
>   MS WHQL results reviewed.
>   WHQL results submitted to MS for final acceptance.
>
> WinOF 2.1 release targeted for July'09
>
> Next WWG meeting targeted for Tuesday May 12th - bridge info to
> follow.
>
> WinVerbs status - rmda_cm issues being worked, otherwise in good
> shape.
> WinMad status - need to decide on when to snapshot OFED mad/umad
> development.
>
> OpenSM is a floating project. Sean's Winverbs/libOFED will greatly
> reduce amount of work in porting OFED opensm, although it's still a
> large project and needs an owner.
>
> Common/OFED-based DAPL code is looking good. IBAL provider runs
> multiple days of 19 node cluster testing. Socket CM provider running
> reliably between Linux and Windows; dapltest bugs repaired.
> Rdma_provider under test.
>
> Sonoma BOF meeting:
>   WHQL prior to WinOF release is highly desirable.
>   IPoIB bonding and failover highly desirable. Under consideration,
> not in 2009 plans so far.
>
> Network Direct (ND) over winverbs:
>   Needs additional winverbs support. Sean and Fab collaborating on
>   branch project. Possible inclusion in WinOF 2.1, otherwise a 2.2
>   feature. ND sources in svn, now building for all except IA64.
>   netipoib.inx patches will be submitted to exclude IA64 ND support
> as IPoIB auto-installs ND provider + installer.
>
> Mellanox would like to see winverbs kernel APIs developed - Sean is
> investigating.
>
> That's a wrap....EOM
>
> Stan.