Whistler is on its way, with the server and consumer versions of Windows
on one code base! With the evolution of Windows, there are always
changes, and we want to help. Last November, Microsoft hosted a Plugfest
aimed at testing the robustness of a range of file system and file
system filter drivers on Windows Whistler.
How can you tell if your new “fixes” cause someone else’s driver to
fail? And where can you get help with Whistler porting with access to
Microsoft developers that can help? All of the previous Plugfest have
been a tremendous success to both Microsoft and the attendees that we
decided to keep the momentum going.
What: Spring IRP-OPOLOOZA 2001
When: March 12th-16th, 2001
Where: Redmond, WA
Duration: 5 days
Registration Cost: NONE!
The rough schedule is as follows:
Day 1: Companies settle and prepare for testing; test their products
independently on the supplied machines; request test partners for
following 4 days.
Day 2: Two deep, scenario-based 4-hour interop test sessions, including
IOSTRESS and IFSTEST.
Day 3: Morning: One deep, scenario-based 4-hour interop test session,
including IOSTRESS and IFSTEST. Afternoon: Various talks relating to IFS
Filter design
Day 4: Morning: One deep, scenario-based 4-hour interop test sessions,
including IOSTRESS and IFSTEST. Afternoon: {It’s a surprise}
Day 5: One deep, scenario-based 4-hour interop test session, including
IOSTRESS and IFSTEST. (The event will end at 2:00pm this day)
Tests will be run on Windows Whistler Professional {Free build}
Microsoft will *not* publish a general results matrix after the event.
Vendors will only have the results of the tests between themselves and
the other parties; the results of each test are provided to Microsoft
but Microsoft will not disclose them to third parties. This is the same
as the arrangement in November.
There is no fee for attending this event. However, you are responsible
for your airfare/hotel and other travel expenses.
This event is limited to 45 companies. Since this is a relatively small
event, prompt confirmation is required to attend. If you are interested
in attending, please e-mail xxxxx@microsoft.com
mailto:xxxxx, or reply to this mail.
Entrance Requirements:
There are a few criteria you must meet in order to attend:
- Your product needs to include a Windows 2000 file system filter driver
that you almost done porting to Whistler, or a Whistler file system
filter driver (not a storage filter driver or other filter driver or
other driver model). We are specifically inviting a small number of true
file systems vendors to this event, but the general invite is only for
File System Filter driver vendors. We are looking into future events
that focus on network or local file systems in the future.
- The main developer of the driver must attend the event. Additionally,
another person should attend, either another driver developer, or a
tester to help with testing/installation issues. Both attendees must be
able to use a kernel debugger to diagnose the problems that surface
during interoperability testing.
- Microsoft will provide technical resources to help with the
interoperability issues that arise. The owners of the products are
expected to do the primary diagnosis of problems. If Microsoft
developers are needed to debug a problem, the i386kd or Windbg debuggers
should be configured and in use, instead of other commercial debuggers.
This ensures we have access to our kernel debugging extensions and
removes another factor in the interop test.
- We may have a Press Release describing the event when it occurs.
Attendees who wish to keep their presence out of this press release may
indicate so when they RSVP.
Please RSVP quickly - this event is expected to fill.
Edward Baisa
Program Manager - Storage Technologies
Base OS Storage
Microsoft Corporation
Phone: (425) 703-9488
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Spring IRP-OPOLOOZA 2001 (Plugfest 5)Hi Ed,
Please sign up Dhanesh Joshi and Sara Abraham from Veritas.
We will need the same configuration as last August: two machines with access to a shared disk.
Sorry we didn’t make it last time.
Sara
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From: Ed Baisa
To: File Systems Developers
Cc: Ed Baisa
Sent: Friday, January 12, 2001 10:34 AM
Subject: [ntfsd] Spring IRP-OPOLOOZA 2001 (Plugfest 5)
Whistler is on its way, with the server and consumer versions of Windows on one code base! With the evolution of Windows, there are always changes, and we want to help. Last November, Microsoft hosted a Plugfest aimed at testing the robustness of a range of file system and file system filter drivers on Windows Whistler.
How can you tell if your new “fixes” cause someone else’s driver to fail? And where can you get help with Whistler porting with access to Microsoft developers that can help? All of the previous Plugfest have been a tremendous success to both Microsoft and the attendees that we decided to keep the momentum going.
What: Spring IRP-OPOLOOZA 2001
When: March 12th-16th, 2001
Where: Redmond, WA
Duration: 5 days
Registration Cost: NONE!
The rough schedule is as follows:
Day 1: Companies settle and prepare for testing; test their products independently on the supplied machines; request test partners for following 4 days.
Day 2: Two deep, scenario-based 4-hour interop test sessions, including IOSTRESS and IFSTEST.
Day 3: Morning: One deep, scenario-based 4-hour interop test session, including IOSTRESS and IFSTEST. Afternoon: Various talks relating to IFS Filter design
Day 4: Morning: One deep, scenario-based 4-hour interop test sessions, including IOSTRESS and IFSTEST. Afternoon: {It’s a surprise}
Day 5: One deep, scenario-based 4-hour interop test session, including IOSTRESS and IFSTEST. (The event will end at 2:00pm this day)
Tests will be run on Windows Whistler Professional {Free build}
Microsoft will *not* publish a general results matrix after the event. Vendors will only have the results of the tests between themselves and the other parties; the results of each test are provided to Microsoft but Microsoft will not disclose them to third parties. This is the same as the arrangement in November.
There is no fee for attending this event. However, you are responsible for your airfare/hotel and other travel expenses.
This event is limited to 45 companies. Since this is a relatively small event, prompt confirmation is required to attend. If you are interested in attending, please e-mail xxxxx@microsoft.com mailto:xxxxx, or reply to this mail.
Entrance Requirements:
There are a few criteria you must meet in order to attend:
- Your product needs to include a Windows 2000 file system filter driver that you almost done porting to Whistler, or a Whistler file system filter driver (not a storage filter driver or other filter driver or other driver model). We are specifically inviting a small number of true file systems vendors to this event, but the general invite is only for File System Filter driver vendors. We are looking into future events that focus on network or local file systems in the future.
- The main developer of the driver must attend the event. Additionally, another person should attend, either another driver developer, or a tester to help with testing/installation issues. Both attendees must be able to use a kernel debugger to diagnose the problems that surface during interoperability testing.
- Microsoft will provide technical resources to help with the interoperability issues that arise. The owners of the products are expected to do the primary diagnosis of problems. If Microsoft developers are needed to debug a problem, the i386kd or Windbg debuggers should be configured and in use, instead of other commercial debuggers. This ensures we have access to our kernel debugging extensions and removes another factor in the interop test.
- We may have a Press Release describing the event when it occurs. Attendees who wish to keep their presence out of this press release may indicate so when they RSVP.
Please RSVP quickly - this event is expected to fill.
Edward Baisa
Program Manager - Storage Technologies
Base OS Storage
Microsoft Corporation
Phone: (425) 703-9488
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