[ofw] WWG 1-26-10 minutes - WinOF 2.2 release status

[Smith, Stan]

Windows Working Group - Tuesday 1/26 9:00AM PST

Attending:

Alex Naslednikov - Mellanox
John Russo - Qlogic
Rupert Dance - Lamprey Networks
Stan Smith - Intel

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WinOF 2.2 Status
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Patch 'Release HCA interface when loading of ibal fails' is intended for trunk only as it's a rare occurrence.

The IPoIB shutter code addressing IPoIB receiving packets during shutdown will be included in WinOF 2.2 RC3 as soon as the code is pushed into the trunk.
Alex will make this a priority as the release of RC3 is waiting on this patch.

Sean submitted 2.2 patches for the DAPL provider socket-CM & rdma-CM.

Stan's testing of RC2 shows no signs of regression.

Mellanox will engage in more QA testing once RC3 is released.

IPoIB is tested on Svr 2008 R2 as IPoIB WHQL testing is specifically targeted for Svr 2008 R2 only.

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Delineation of OFED version numbers
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The WWG (Windows Working Group) has voted to change the OFA Windows SW release nomenclature from WinOF to 'OpenFabrics Enterprise Distribution' in order to leverage and strengthen OFA name branding.

In those situations where the operating environment context is ambiguous, the Windows version of OFED will be referred to as 'OFED for Windows'.

In aligning with the OFED name the question surfaced about how to delineate OFED release versions and 'if' there should be some consolidation of OFED SW release cycles between the Linux and Windows sides of the OFA house.

The WWG resolved, with no reserve, that the release cycles and versioning of OFED for Windows remain distinctly separate from the OFED for Linux release cycles and versioning.

OpenFabrics Enterprise Distribution for Windows will be formally announced at the Sonoma'10 conference.

Changes in the OFED for Windows installer will consist of changing names WinOF --> OFED.
The only functional change will be the installation path:
%ProgramFiles%\WinOF --> %ProgramFiles%\OFED

At the OFA Sonoma workshop the WWG (and anyone else) will meet face-2-face to discuss futures.