14:00:09 <mackonstan> #startmeeting FD.io CSIT Project Meeting
14:00:09 <collabot> Meeting started Wed Apr 10 14:00:09 2019 UTC.  The chair is mackonstan. Information about MeetBot at http://wiki.debian.org/MeetBot.
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14:00:09 <collabot> The meeting name has been set to 'fd_io_csit_project_meeting'
14:00:12 <mackonstan> #chair
14:00:12 <collabot> Current chairs: mackonstan
14:00:18 <mackonstan> #topic Agenda bashing
14:00:27 <tfherbert> #info Tom Herbert
14:02:49 <dwallacelf_> #info Dave Wallace
14:02:56 <jgelety> #info Jan Gelety
14:03:42 <mackonstan> #topic FD.io CSIT lab infrastructure
14:04:39 <mackonstan> #info Mohammed - will be installing Ubuntu 18.04 on Denverton servers
14:05:09 <mackonstan> #info Sirshak - no updates re Arm infra, Juraj not available in Apri so not expecting progress
14:05:40 <mackonstan> #info Peter - t31 is back in server after SSD swap
14:09:59 <mackonstan> #info Ray - it would be great to document the process of inserting new testbeds into FD.io CSIT labs
14:11:39 <mackonstan> #info Mohammed - the on-boarding process is getting simplified between LFN and Vexxhost, ETA unknown.
14:12:00 <mackonstan> #topic Inputs from LFN and FD.io projects
14:12:08 <mortderire> #info AR Ray and Maciek to discuss with TSC.
14:12:54 <mackonstan> #info VPP update - DaveW - branch pull is today
14:13:45 <mackonstan> #info but verify jobs are failing due to some cert issue, resolution in progress, Vanessa in charge
14:16:17 <mackonstan> #info VPP wiki 19.04 draft content
14:16:19 <mackonstan> #link https://wiki.fd.io/view/Projects/vpp/Release_Plans/Release_Plan_19.04
14:20:46 <mackonstan> #info HC update - Michal - CSIT test updates in progress following ODL upgrade, some VIRL tests are failing due to low memory (side effect of using PAPI?)
14:22:16 <mackonstan> #info Peter - noticed VPP using more memory than before.. would require memory profiling
14:25:11 <mackonstan> #info HC on vpp_device - Peter - 20/200 tests failing, so not looking for 19.04, but should be okay to fix those for next release.
14:26:57 <mackonstan> #info TSC - Ray - mainly focusing on infra issue
14:27:57 <mackonstan> #topic Operational status
14:28:33 <mackonstan> #info jenkins authentication issue per earlier note
14:29:06 <mackonstan> #info EdK - reporting it's fixed now
14:30:47 <mackonstan> #info Centos CI testing status - Tom - working on Centos image refresh for VIRL, hoping for being production ready by tomorrow
14:31:06 <mackonstan> #info Tom - will then look at Centos in vpp_device
14:31:27 <mackonstan> #topic VPP code performance
14:31:40 <mortderire> need to drop
14:35:27 <mackonstan> #info trending failures: ipsec tunnel-interface scale tests failing due to mbuf shortage. same for 8t4c + vhost/memif also failing due to mbuf shortage. likely related to new buffer structure work done within 19.04 cycle.
14:35:42 <mackonstan> #info Peter continues to t/shoot
14:37:33 <mackonstan> #topic Releases
14:38:31 <mackonstan> #info CSIT-1904 plan
14:38:42 <mackonstan> #link https://wiki.fd.io/view/CSIT/csit1904_plan
14:39:15 <mackonstan> #info CSIT PAPI Support - partial in 19.04
14:43:49 <mackonstan> #info Vratio - soak - one bug fixed, need to decide on what to include in 19.04 report
14:44:35 <mackonstan> #info Vratko - per-vpp-patch - no progress, still seeing false positives on the same vpp commit
14:44:57 <mackonstan> #info arm items - Sirshak - partially completed, expecting completion in next rls.
14:45:20 <mackonstan> #topic Developments - Installer
14:46:39 <mackonstan> #info CSIT development environment - documentation gaps - DaveW, Peter - addressed with new patch
14:50:22 <mackonstan> #topic Developments - Framework
14:54:36 <mackonstan> #info VAT to PAPI migration - partially done, delayed by a.o. different handling of default values by vat vs. papi
14:55:53 <mackonstan> #info DaveW - will look at streamlining the extraction of default values used by VAT today
14:56:55 <mackonstan> #info automate VPP-API "Flag Day" - DaveW - working with Ole to generate the API signature
14:58:11 <mackonstan> #topic Developments - New tests
14:59:20 <mackonstan> #info NFV density tests - VPP in VM
14:59:56 <mackonstan> #topic TRex
15:00:26 <mackonstan> #info TRex upgrade - Peter - hit few bugs - are fixed in TRex master but not in release
15:02:09 <mackonstan> #topic other business
15:04:25 <mackonstan> #info Vratko - propose to start 19.04 dry runs earlier, to avoid surprises, as many changes in both VPP and CSIT
15:04:45 <mackonstan> #info all agreed it makes sense to start 19.04 release dry runs as of rc1
15:04:48 <mackonstan> #endmeeting