[ofw] winOFED 3.0 feature set

Smith, Stan stan.smith at intel.com
Mon Jun 7 09:01:16 PDT 2010


Hefty, Sean wrote:
> IB ACM (somewhat similar to a user space version of IBAT for those
> not tracking the linux stack) may be ready for the next release.  It
> is intended to increase IB scalability.  If the release is going to
> 3.0, I may update winverbs to 2.0 to fixup the user to kernel
> interface for better ACM support.

Sounds reasonable.

Does IB ACM impact other CMs? Such that other CMs behavior and/or functionality is changed?
BTW, what does ACM stand for? Another Communications Manager??

The version bump (2.3 --> 3.0) is mainly due to upcoming RoCEE changes, Winverbs changes would seal the deal.


>
>
>> OFED for Windows 3.0 release target is Q4 2010; freeze in Q3 2010
>>
>> OFED 3.0 features:
>>
>>   Qlogic HCA driver support.
>>
>>   NetworkDirect V2 IB provider.
>>
>>   OpenSM 3.3.6
>>
>>   RDMAoE (RoCEE) support.
>>
>>   SRP bug fixes.
>>
>>   Mellanox VNIC support?
>>
>>   IPoIB Connected-Mode?
>>
>> Any heart burn?
>>
>> Anything missing?
>>
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