ToDo 2.0

Ginger 2.0 Schedule

Milestone	Dates
Code freeze	25/11
Hard code freeze	12/09
GA	12/18
Code freeze - only bug fixes and i18n/documentation updates. All features must be upstream at this date to be included in the release.

Hard code freeze - only critical bugs will be accepted. Code will be prepared for the official release

GA - the release date

Ginger 2.0 planning

Backend

• Extend Ginger Networking Functionality (Abhiram, Jayavardhan)

  • Configuration of HOST-NICs (ipv4, ipv6 via iproute2)
  • Add support for bond and VLAN
  • Add System z specific support for add/remove adapters since they are not being auto-detected.
  • Start OVS and configure its uplinks

• Extend Ginger Storage Functionality (Harshal, Pawan)

  • Volume Groups: list, create, modify, delete
  • Filesystems: local fs: list, create, mount, unmount. Mount NFS.
  • Block devices:
    • list (ID, type, size ...)
    • support for ECKD devices (System z specific):
      • list, add, remove, format, partition
    • support for FCP-SCSI block devices:
      • architecture independent support for list, partition
      • System z specific support for:
        • add/remove SAN Adapters since they are not being auto-detected
        • add/remove LUNs since they are not being auto-detected due to the fact that automatic LUN scan is disabled
  • FCP-Tape support (System z specific): list, add, remove tape and tape-exchanger LUNs
  • Swap devices/configuration: list/display, change, show consumption
  • iSCSI (initiator side) tbd

• Extend Debug-Data collection to include additional data for System z (Megha)

UI

• A new UI will be deployed for all existing Ginger features.

• Extend Ginger Networking Functionality (Atreyee, Jan)

  • Configuration of HOST-NICs (add ipv6 support )
  • Add support for bond and VLAN
  • Add System z specific support for add/remove adapters since they are not being auto-detected.
  • Start OVS and configure its uplinks

• Extend Ginger Storage Functionality (Atreyee, Jan)

  • Volume Groups: list, create, modify, delete
  • Filesystems: local fs: list, create, mount, unmount. Mount NFS.
  • Block devices:
    • list (ID, type, size ...)
    • support for ECKD devices (System z specific):
      • list, add, remove, format, partition
    • support for FCP-SCSI block devices:
      • architecture independent support for list, partition disks
      • System z specific support for:
        • add/remove SAN Adapters since they are not being auto-detected
        • add/remove LUNs since they are not being auto-detected due to the fact that automatic LUN scan is disabled
  • FCP-Tape support (System z specific): list, add, remove tape and tape-exchanger LUNs
  • Swap devices/configuration: list/display, change, show consumption

Check out the bugs targeted for 2.0 release: https://github.com/kimchi-project/ginger/issues?state=open