Jeff, thanks, I'll try to keep this as brief as possible and offer more offline if anyone wants it: - The bylaws state the requirement for a standards body to be associated with a proposal. It contains some examples, including the IETF and the IBTA (and others)
- I think it's fair to say there's some ambiguity around what a "proposal" would consist of. That's part of the discussion I've tried to get started in the past, unsuccessfully - The bylaws also say the Board can ID other such bodies as the need is perceived - My best understanding is the IBTA is developing a spec that addresses this area. Work has started, but I don't have a timeline for delivery. An obvious concern to me is having code submitted prior to a spec being agreed Jim -----Original Message----- From: ewg-boun...@lists.openfabrics.org [mailto:ewg-boun...@lists.openfabrics.org] On Behalf Of Jeff Squyres Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 9:25 AM To: OpenFabrics EWG; OpenFabrics General Subject: Re: [ofa-general] RE: [ewg] [PATCH 0/9] RDMAoE - RDMA over Ethernet -- some procedural questions On Jun 15, 2009, at 9:54 PM, Ryan, Jim wrote: > - There was no standards body associated with the proposal. > Clarification question on this -- what exactly does this statement mean? I ask because if you take that statement to the extreme, many things in OFED may not qualify. For example, the uDAPL software API is standardized, so I assume it's fine. The iWARP and IB hardware layers are standardized, but are there standardized software APIs? Specifically: the verbs software stack is not standardized by any standards body, is it? (what is the exact definition of "standards body", anyway -- does consensus of OFED members count?) These may be naive questions (I don't follow these APIs at all), but is the RDS API standardized? Is SRP? Are the various tools that are shipped in OFED standardized? I'm sure we don't want to take all these things out of OFED, but some clarification of the rules might be useful. -- Jeff Squyres Cisco Systems _______________________________________________ ewg mailing list ewg@lists.openfabrics.org http://lists.openfabrics.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ewg _______________________________________________ ewg mailing list ewg@lists.openfabrics.org http://lists.openfabrics.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ewg