SIG/HPC Meeting 2024-03-07

Attendees

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 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 - will try to review this cycle
Kernel Cnode / MoS
- re-actioning - Jeremy to work on once he has some time

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)
    - Future work can include e.g. slurm
  - Chris to check on status of slurm
Packages to bring in
- List 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