Hi, The application is in user mode.
Thomas On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 2:24 PM, Tzachi Dar<[email protected]> wrote: > Is your application on user mode or kernel mode? > > Thanks > Tzachi > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Thomas Peiselt >> Sent: Monday, August 03, 2009 3:22 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [ofw] Which API to use for IB project >> >> Hello, >> >> I'm new to InfiniBand (and this list), and I'm not sure if >> the topic is adequate on this list. If not, don't kill me, >> show me the right way instead :-). >> >> My task: given two shiny new workstations w/ Mellanox IB HCAs >> (the cheap InfniHost Lx cards), adapt the companies internal >> communication library to work over IB - as seamless as >> possible, as fast as possible... um yeah, you know, I guess . >> >> I am lost in what a InfiniBand newbie might consider an API / library >> jungle: there's ND, WSD, SDP, IPoIB, uDAPL, and WinVerbs. I'm >> not sure where to start. I understand that some APIs take >> zero or almost zero porting effort (IPoIB, WSD), but do not >> seem to take full advantage of all the IB features (zero >> copy, cpu-bypass). >> >> My question: what approach to chose for an application where >> packet size is relatively small (less than 1024 bytes) with >> the following >> priorities: >> 1. latency >> 2. cpu load >> 3. low porting effort to linux compute nodes 4. implementation effort >> >> Latency is crucial, porting / implementation effort is just >> nice to have. >> >> thanks for any suggestions, >> >> Thomas >> _______________________________________________ >> ofw mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.openfabrics.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ofw >> > _______________________________________________ ofw mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openfabrics.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ofw
