> ·Woody AR: Once RC1 verify board approves 4.8-1 RC1 release
The OFA Board meeting this month is 9/21 - I’ll put it on the agenda.
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Susan Coulter / HPC-DES
Network Capability Lead
(505) 667-8425
“Once in a while you get shown the light
The unpleasant fact is that the OFA has not been deeply involved, as an
organization, in the development and distribution of OFED.
That may seem counter-intuitive, and it is certainly not appropriate, but it is
the raw truth.
The EWG manages, tests, and releases OFED versions.
Until recently,
> On Apr 10, 2017, at 11:54 AM, Jeff Becker wrote:
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>> · Board approval process for OFED 4.8 should begin, need approval by May
>> 15th GA target.
>> § Woody/Arlin to draft formal email request to board
If the board votes to approve all future releases at the
If this helps, it is from 3/21 … to my knowledge the most recent summary sent
by Doug Ledford.
Updates from version 12:
• Minor improvements to qedr provider
• Add libpvrdma provider for VMWare rdma virt devices
• Improved RoCE AH creation
• Packet Pacing support
Below is the final language from the OFA Board motion to approve release of
v3.18-3, and the text to be put in the LICENSE file.
This motion passed unanimously via an email vote.
> Motion:
>
>> The OFA accepts the nature of Linux kernel space code as GPLv2 and user
>> space as dual-licensed
Unfortunately we do not yet have a complete answer.
Below is the email from the RH lawyer, which was displayed during the XWG
meeting, and briefly discussed.
We will be clarifying:
- his comments about GPLv2 (that being - he means GPL only, not dual
license)
- his reference to
We have some answers from the RH lawyer and will discuss further at the XWG
later today.
> On Feb 8, 2017, at 1:51 PM, Davis, Arlin R wrote:
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> What is the status of GPL-only code that is in OFED-4.8? Are we able to
> release?
> OFA board is still