Hi All,
We have our OFED synch meeting today at 9am PST.
Agenda:
1. Merge the OFED 1.2.1 release with OFED 1.2.c release in August.
2. Agree on OFED 1.3 schedule:
* Feature freeze - Sep 4
* Alpha release - Sep 10
* Beta release - Sep 25
* RC1 - Oct 16
* RC2 - Oct 30
* RC3 - Nov 8 (assuming many of us are at SC07 on the week of
Nov 11)
* RC4 - Nov 20
* GA release - Nov 30 (or first week of Dec)
3. Review OFED 1.3 features list:
In last meeting we decided that the schedule is one of the most
important parameters in OFED 1.3.
Thus I divided the features for two categories:
* "must have" features - features that must be ready for the
release (marked with *)
* "optional" features - features that can be included in the
release in case they are ready according to the schedule
Must have general features:
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* Kernel base on 2.6.23 (all new features that will be part of
this kernel will be included in OFED 1.3)
* Install:
* Break the packages RPMs (work with Novell and Redhat) to
minimize integration effort into OS distribution
* Package:
* Sources arrangement for the end user (for the labs)
* New HCAs & RNICs:
* ConnectX support
* Any other new HW?
* QoS: OSM, CM, CMA, ULPs (IPoIB, SDP, SRP)
Other features (must have marked with *)
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* libibverbs: New verbs:
* Scalable Reliable Connected Transport (with Mellanox ConnectX)*
* Reliable Multicast?
ULPs:
* IPoIB:
* Performance improvements (those that will be stable on time)
* NAPI - done
* SDP:
* * Keepalive
* * AIO
* uDAPL:
* DAT 2.0 support with IB extensions for immediate data, atomics;
* Add extensions for new verbs (SRCT,RM)
* VNIC:
* GA quality. Not a technology preview version anymore.
* Added support for QLogic EVIC (10 Gbps Infiniband-to-Ethernet
gateway) - in GA
* RDS: RDMA API (using FMRs); GA quality with Oracle 11
* NFSoRDMA integration - pending we have a maintainer
* Management:
* * Multiple partitions via libibumad
* OpenSM
* More routing performance improvements - done
* Even more speedups - done
* Better packaging/installation - done
"Native" daemon mode - done
* * Performance management
* * Quality of Service manager: Based on IBTA annex
* Enhancements for fat tree routing (non pure tree support) - done
* More console commands and telnet access to console - done
* More diagnostics
* ibidsverify.pl: validate LIDs and GUIDs in subnet - done
* Updated ibnetdiscover format with link width and speed, and
GUIDs - done
* ibnetdiscover grouping support for new Voltaire chassis - done
* diag updates for IB router support - done
* iblinkinfo.pl: Support peer port link width and speed validation
- done
* ibdatacounters: Add script and man page for subnet wide data
counters saquery enhancements - done
* iWARP:
* * Chelsio: Get to GA level
* NetEffect: Get the drivers into OFED
Tziporet Koren
Software Director
Mellanox Technologies
mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Tel +972-4-9097200, ext 380
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