On Mon, 2005-01-10 at 16:54, Sean Hefty wrote: > This restriction is to avoid performing data copies on received MADs. > In the kernel, clients are handed the data buffer(s) associated with a > receive. > > Since user-mode requires a data copy anyway, I'm wondering if it makes > more sense for all user-mode clients to register in the kernel to snoop > MADs, rather than to receive them. The user-mode interface could then > be modified to support more flexible filtering options.
Would this allow richer filtering options or also allow multiple receivers for the same MAD ? Any idea on what the interface would look like ? Would it support attribute ID ? What else ? Are there any compelling reasons to do this ? -- Hal _______________________________________________ openib-general mailing list [email protected] http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general To unsubscribe, please visit http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general
