Attendees Company Vladimir Sokolovsky Mellanox Tatyana Nikolova Intel Arlin Davis Intel Bill Schmidt Intel Jim Ryan OFA Rupert Dance Software Forge
Minutes: * Opens: o Question about NVMe over Fabric support in OFED. ? Waiting for "GPL only" exception ? Need volunteer for backporting/validation with OFED? Host? Target? o EWG request to include "GPL only" components in OFED, on 12/1 OFA board agenda ? Jim Ryan to provide EWG list with the board's decision immediately after meeting * OFED 4.8 status: o Updated Nov 20th : http://www.openfabrics.org/downloads/OFED/ofed-4.8-daily/OFED-4.8-20161120-0830.tgz ? Backports: RH7.2, RH7.3, SLES 12 SP2 (nice progress Vlad, thanks!) ? Base: ib_core, mlx4_core, mlx4_ib, mlx4_en, ib_ipoib, cxgb3, cxgb4, nes, mlx5_ib * qib build issues being worked by Intel. * Question about mlx5_en inclusion/functionality; Vlad to verify. ? Tech Preview: xeon-phi, pvrdma ? Core libraries (ofa downloads) have been replaced with new rdma-core on github * See https://github.com/linux-rdma/rdma-core for details (new build dependencies) * User packages not part of core (opensm, etc) may need dependency changes for building. * New build environment dependencies: ninja, etc. * Arlin and Rupert to work with OFA download site and maintainers to deprecate old/unused git trees. o Do we want all OFA user component maintainers to move to github? Is that necessary? o Next steps: ? Backport existing ULPs: srp, iser, nfsrdma. Is someone working this? ? New drivers: nvme_rdma (need "GPL only" decision), hfi1 (Intel will decide soon), ? Other backports: SLES 12, SP1; RH 7.0, 7.1 * User Packages (updated Nov 6th): o http://www.openfabrics.org/downloads/WorkGroups/ewg/OFED_User_Package_Status/2016/OFED-User-Package-Status-2016-11-06.pdf * Bug Status (updated Nov 20th): o http://www.openfabrics.org/downloads/WorkGroups/ewg/OFED_Bugs/2016/OFED-4.x-Bug-Status-2016-11-20.pdf Next Meeting: Monday, December, 5th, 2016, 09:00 AM US Pacific Time New Reservationless Bridge (expires Jan 23, 2017): 916-356-2663, 8-356-2663, Bridge: 2, Passcode: 7482911 Toll-free number in the United States and Canada is 1-888-875-9370 Regards, Arlin
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