Hi,
Short status update:
- The latest OFED-4.8-2 daily build includes SLES12 SP3 and RHEL7.4
support for IB core, mlx4, mlx5, IPoIB, iSER SRP:
http://openfabrics.org/downloads/OFED/ofed-4.8-2-daily/OFED-4.8-2-20171205-1416.tgz
- rdma-core was updated to v16.
- perftest was updated to 4.1-0.2.g770623f
Known issues:
- On SLES12 SP3 compilation fails for: qib
- On RHEL7.4 compilation fails for: bnxt, qede
- bnxt fails on all OSes except RHEL7.3 and SLES12 SP2/SP3, so, it was
limited to these OSes only in install.pl
Regards,
Vladimir
On 12/04/2017 11:56 PM, Davis, Arlin R wrote:
_Attendees_
Pradeep Kankipati Broadcom
Ram Amrani Cavium
Arlin Davis Intel
Jim Ryan OFA
Bill Schmidt Intel
Vladimir Sokolovsky Mellanox
Rupert Dance SW Forge
Agenda:
OFED 4.8-1 released, quickly moving onto OFED 4.8-2.
·Opens
·OFA board approval required for 4.8-2?
§Arlin to check with Susan
·IWG required loaners for testing; ongoing issue with old servers
§Thanks to Rupert for providing loaners but need longer term solutions
§More EWG/IWG cross group communication to help validate HW/SW
dependencies.
§Arlin will monitor IWG and join meetings as needed.
·Next major kernel release target should be discussed
§Deferred until Dec 18^th EWG meeting, need more involved in this
discussion
§Need to start early; align RC’s to intercept with 2018 spring interop
§Need to reach out to Doug Ledford for recommendation
§Note - kernel.org 4.14 is next long term stable release (2020)
·OFED 4.8-2
·http://downloads.openfabrics.org/OFED/ofed-4.8-2-daily/OFED-4.8-2-20171204-0839.tgz
§RH7.4 backported (compat_rdma, mlx4, mlx5)
§*A big thanks to Vlad for quick turnaround!*
§Everyone to work on component backports and forward to Vlad.
§*Need a quick turnaround if possible, the next 1-2 weeks please*.
§Vlad is working SLES12.3 (compat_rdma, mlx4, mlx5), hope to finish
1-2 days.
·Same distro support as 4.8-1, plus RH 7.4 and SLES 12.3
§Backports include: kernel.org 4.8, RH7.0 to 7.4, SLES 12.0 to 12.3
§Update rdma-core to latest (v16)
§https://github.com/linux-rdma/rdma-core/releases
§Cavium would like to add FW for iWARP support:
§*Need clarification of distro support* (all backports or limited?)
§*Need expected timeframe* for the driver enhancement (days, weeks,
months?)
§RH7.4 and SLES12.3 backports, rdma-core v16, and bug fixes
·Timeframe (might be too aggressive but let’s try so we can move to
next major release)
§RH7.4 and SLES12.3 backports done in 2 weeks – Dec 18^th .
§*RC1 by Dec 20^th *, depending on backport progress and Cavium iWARP
addition.
Regards,
Arlin
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