> >4. Why do we need yet another API and yet another module to speed up just > >RDMA/CM path record queries? We now get 2 ways to do this (with/without the > >cache). Shouldn't there be just one? > > I did consider this, but the cache operates synchronously, and ib_sa interface > is asynchronous. I tried to make the API make sense for the cache. The > rdma_cm > doesn't really take advantage of the synchronous interface, but I believe that > ipoib could. Converting the ib_local_sa to an asynchronous interface requires > adding registration calls, and an ability to cancel operations.
Why can't it operate below the existing ib_sa interface? Does any client really care whether the record came from the SA or from the cache? -- MST _______________________________________________ general mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openfabrics.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/general To unsubscribe, please visit http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general
