crossbow discuss - Aug 2009 - Project Proposal: GLDv3 NIC Driver for Multi Function CNA

Emulex is proposing to contribute to the Networking Community, a GLDv3 driver to
support its OCe10xxx line of multi-function FCoE, iSCSI and NIC PCI-Express
CNAs.

The purpose of this project is to provide a Solaris Driver, to avail of TCP/IP
Networking, and associated applications. Equivalent support is being provided to
other major Operating Systems.

The oce driver is a GLDv3 based driver and will provide support for core GLDv3
functions. Additional features, such as Power management (suspend, resume),
Dynamic Reconfiguration and Fast Reboot will also be supported. Separate
packaging for oce will be provided, including installable binaries, and man page
listings.

Exercising the NIC functionality of a CNA is a critical piece in using it as a
general purpose Network capable device.

We request the Core Contributors to agree with positive votes to this proposal.
Please note that three +1 votes, and no -1 votes is a requirement to be
accepted, as per Article VIII of the OpenSolaris Constitution.

Project Leaders :

Technical: Mahesh Vardhamanaiah (mahesh.vardhamanaiah at emulex.com)
Coordination: Ram Natarajan (ram.natarajan at emulex.com)
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Mahesh wrote:
> Emulex is proposing to contribute to the Networking Community, a GLDv3
driver to support its OCe10xxx line of multi-function FCoE, iSCSI and NIC
PCI-Express CNAs.
>
> The purpose of this project is to provide a Solaris Driver, to avail of
TCP/IP Networking, and associated applications. Equivalent support is being
provided to other major Operating Systems.
>
> The oce driver is a GLDv3 based driver and will provide support for core
GLDv3 functions. Additional features, such as Power management (suspend,
resume), Dynamic Reconfiguration and Fast Reboot will also be supported.
Separate packaging for oce will be provided, including installable binaries, and
man page listings.
>
> Exercising the NIC functionality of a CNA is a critical piece in using it
as a general purpose Network capable device.
>
> We request the Core Contributors to agree with positive votes to this
proposal. Please note that three +1 votes, and no -1 votes is a requirement to
be accepted, as per Article VIII of the OpenSolaris Constitution.
>
> Project Leaders :
>
> Technical: Mahesh Vardhamanaiah (mahesh.vardhamanaiah at emulex.com)
> Coordination: Ram Natarajan (ram.natarajan at emulex.com)
>   
+1

btw: I assume you are going to contribute the actual code and not only 
binaries, right?

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Robert Milkowski
http://milek.blogspot.com

Thanks for the  +1, Yes code will be  submitted.

Regards,
Mahesh

-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Milkowski [mailto:milek at task.gda.pl] 
Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 11:24 PM
To: Vardhamanaiah, Mahesh
Cc: crossbow-discuss at opensolaris.org
Subject: Re: [crossbow-discuss] Project Proposal: GLDv3 NIC Driver for Multi
Function CNA

Mahesh wrote:
> Emulex is proposing to contribute to the Networking Community, a GLDv3
driver to support its OCe10xxx line of multi-function FCoE, iSCSI and NIC
PCI-Express CNAs.
>
> The purpose of this project is to provide a Solaris Driver, to avail of
TCP/IP Networking, and associated applications. Equivalent support is being
provided to other major Operating Systems.
>
> The oce driver is a GLDv3 based driver and will provide support for core
GLDv3 functions. Additional features, such as Power management (suspend,
resume), Dynamic Reconfiguration and Fast Reboot will also be supported.
Separate packaging for oce will be provided, including installable binaries, and
man page listings.
>
> Exercising the NIC functionality of a CNA is a critical piece in using it
as a general purpose Network capable device.
>
> We request the Core Contributors to agree with positive votes to this
proposal. Please note that three +1 votes, and no -1 votes is a requirement to
be accepted, as per Article VIII of the OpenSolaris Constitution.
>
> Project Leaders :
>
> Technical: Mahesh Vardhamanaiah (mahesh.vardhamanaiah at emulex.com)
> Coordination: Ram Natarajan (ram.natarajan at emulex.com)
>   
+1

btw: I assume you are going to contribute the actual code and not only 
binaries, right?

-- 
Robert Milkowski
http://milek.blogspot.com