Once I get it built and tested locally, I'll probably stick some results and a link up at http://scl.ameslab.gov/Projects/InfiniBand/
Sooo... what's the easiest way for me to test this if I have opterons with 2.6.11.4 kernels?
(aka, just replace drivers/infiniband from the roland-uverbs branch? And does anyone have a clean way of building all the userspace stuff? What I've seen so far is pretty tedious)
Troy,
While I appreciate your keenness , I think its a little unfair to criticise the build status and organisation of code that is still being written and is subject to change. I'd far rather everyone gets a working core before worrying so much about how it might be packaged. That does need to be addressed, of course.
Your comments at your URL regarding complexity and size of the software stack making progress slow are IMHO unfair to openib.
They've worked hard on getting a streamlined set of functionality into the kernel and now need to finish off key parts of userspace support and only then 'package' it so that you will find it easier to compile and test.
They will also need to get some reasonable documentation together (update the material at the sourceforge IB project?) and start adding other user-space/kernel functionality, but right now patience is a virtue :)
PS I'm looking forward to another of your excellent writeups when you do get this working. I hope its current status desn't colour or frustrate your view of this promising 'alpha' userspace code.
Regards
Paul Baxter
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