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+# SIG/HPC Meeting 2024-03-07
+
+## Attendees
+
+* Forrest Burt
+* Brian Phan
+* Sherif Nagy
+* Enrico Billi
+* Neil Hanlon
+* Jeremy Siadal
+* Chris Stackpole
+
+## Old Business
+
+* Intel Driver -
+  * Sherif is working on this, has a prototype, needs DKMS
+    * Used `make spec` script in the branch to create spec, and import from there
+    * We think that upstream should adopt a different format/packaging methodology
+      * Perhaps [packit](https://packit.dev) could be helpful?
+  * What branch/version to use?
+    * rhel-specific branches say not to use them; use the 'backports' branches instead
+    * sherif appears to be in the right place
+  * Next steps:
+    * Neil to bring dkms from epel into projects 
+    * Sherif to upload to public location for review and testing
+    * Jeremy to work on testing with some latest hardware
+  * AI SIG
+    * where will userspace tools live? HPC? AI? Both?
+      * Neil: it should be reasonable for us to have the ability to easily release a package in multiple SIGs
+* NVidia GPU driver Testing - 
+  * Did not get time to review [Chris's work](https://github.com/mghpcsim/gpu-testing/tree/master) - will try to review this cycle
+* Kernel Cnode / MoS
+  * re-actioning - Jeremy to work on once he has some time
+
+## New Business
+
+* Testing Warewulf - Brian
+  * Current plan: put the tests upstream into Warewulf repo, Testing team can pull from / engage with upstream
+    * What precisely are we going to test?
+      * Functional/E2E tests -- provision a small cluster, etc (see last week's [discussions](https://sig-hpc.rocky.page/events/meeting-notes/2024-02-22/#discussions))
+      * Future work can include e.g. slurm
+    * Chris to check on status of slurm
+* Packages to bring in
+  * [List](https://sig-hpc.rocky.page/packages/) on the wiki; needs updating (along with the rest of the wiki)
+  * if anyone wants to bring something in, has questions, etc. Please ask/get in touch!
+* Neil to update the wiki
+
+## Open Floor
+
+* Vulnerability in [lustre](http://lists.lustre.org/pipermail/lustre-announce-lustre.org/2024/000270.html) - related to user namespaces
+  * Sherif was working on lustre-server, but it's a beast
+  * DDN already builds RPMS, but... is it worth it to rebuild vs just use upstream?
+    * Sherif: thinks it makes sense to rebuild against our specific user/kernel space
+    * there are lustre-server for 8, but not 9, it appears.. why?
+      * documentation supports this but again.. why?
+      * Sherif to look into why lustre-server exists for 8 but not 9
+* Next meeting in two weeks on Thursday, March 1
+
+## Action Items
+
+* [ ] Chris to check on status of slurm
+* [ ] Neil to update the wiki
+* [ ] Sherif to look into why lustre-server exists for 8 but not 9
+* [ ] Neil to bring dkms from epel into projects
+* [ ] Sherif to upload to public location for review and testing
+* [ ] Jeremy to work on testing with some latest hardware