[ofw] WWG 6-9-09 meeting minutes

[Smith, Stan]

Windows Working Group -  WinOF  2.1 Status Meeting:                                 Tuesday, June 09, 2009


Attendees:

                Intel, QLogic, Mellanox, Voltaire, Lamprey Networks



Rupert Lamprey - WinOF used in interop testing.  8 Node cluster w/head node.

                                Beta event.  Used Linux SM at times (for heavy duty testing)

                                Would like 1st official event soon.

                                                Started w/OFED test suite, Fabric Init, IPoIB, SRP, Intel MPI, uDAPL

                                                Trying to determine which tests will be mandatory.

                                                                Can begin to move 10+ additional tests over to WinOF

                                                                Want to make list as comprehensive as Linux tests.

                                                                                Could also add Microsoft MPI in future event

                                Interop Debug event

                                                Vendors allowed to change firmware etc. if there are testing issues

This is what was held in May

Rupert offered to send links to test plan as well as potential mandatory tests for next event.





IPoIB NDIS 6.0 status

                Finished WHQL Submissions (using NDIS 5.1)

                                Several bug fixes added due to Mellanox customer requests

                                Delayed work on NDIS 6 work.

                Encountering some issue with NDIS 6 port

                                Working with only UD mode for WinOF 2.1 release.

                                IPoIB  (NDIS  5.1) for XP and Server 2003

                                IPoIB (NDIS 6.0) for Vista and Server 2008/HPC  (NDIS 6.0 is a WHQL requirement)

                Mellanox will check in the current code so Stan can work on installation issues



Functionality freeze (Originally targeted for today)

                Move data out 2 weeks (until next meeting) to see if we have met requirements for freeze.

                Jun 23rd is the next target date for functionality freeze



WinVerbs etc.

                Investigating whether asynchronous calls provide any benefits?  Especially in Connection Management

                Code in trunk is usable and can be frozen at any time.



WinMad

Completed sync with OFED.

One patch sent back to OFED



WinVerbs/WinMad/DAPL  Functionality could be frozen today if requested.



NetworkDirect over WinVerbs?

                Won't be in WinOF 2.1

                                Only partially written

                                Not run or tested yet.



Kernel WinVerbs?

                No API created yet.

                                Q3 or Q4 work item

                                WinOF 2.2 item

                Original request came from Mellanox

                                Have provided feedback and explanation



Transitioning from IBAL?

                To shim above WinVerbs

                                User-space library that provides IBAL interfaces

                Allow better maintainability and improvements

                Currently just an idea. No code in development

                                2010 timeframe ?

                                Would move this in front of Kernel WinVerbs.



Other Issues:

                QLogic Driver will not make WinOF 2.1 schedule but will integrate into later release.


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