Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Talat Batheesh <tal...@mellanox.com>
* Package name : rdma-core Version : v12 Upstream Author : Doug Ledford <dledf...@redhat.com>, Leon Romanovsky <l...@kernel.org> * URL : https://github.com/linux-rdma/rdma-core * License : GPLv2+ and BSD Programming Lang: Bourne Shell, Bash, C, python, perl Description : RDMA Core Userspace Libraries and Daemons Overview rdma-core handles userspace components for the Linux Kernel's drivers/infiniband subsystem. This package re-organizing how to deliver the source code, Instead of > 20 small repositories of packages that are already included in debian [1] we are combining them into a single source tree. The main changes are that the providers are combined into a single package called 'ibverbs-providers', and upstream content that has never been packaged for Debian is included. The main advantages of maintaining a single package are * Eliminate code duplications * Scalable solution - new provider can easily be added (no need for new packaging process) * Common RDMA support across different distros. * Reduce complexity of the package dependency chain. The userspace component of the libibverbs RDMA kernel drivers are included under the providers/ directory. Support for the following Kernel RDMA drivers is included: - iw_cxgb3.ko - iw_cxgb4.ko - hfi1.ko - hns-roce.ko - i40iw.ko - ib_qib.ko - mlx4_ib.ko - mlx5_ib.ko - ib_mthca.ko - iw_nes.ko - ocrdma.ko - qedr.ko - rdma_rxe.ko Additional service daemons are provided for: - srp_daemon (ib_srp.ko) - iwpmd (for iwarp kernel providers) You can read more on the subject in the discussion on the linux-rdma mailing list [2]. [1] ibacm libibcm libibumad libibverbs librdmacm libipathverbs libnes srptools libcxgb3 libmlx4 libmlx5 libmthca [2] http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-rdma/msg39026.html http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-rdma/msg39328.html http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-rdma/msg40014.html http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-rdma/msg40086.html