On 11/3/05, Grant Grundler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Nov 03, 2005 at 05:37:47PM -0500, Rick Frank wrote: > > It is very important to Oracle for RDS to be available in OpenIB in as many > > Linux distributions as possible. > > > > Is this going to happen and in what timeframe / what are the plans for Linux > > distributions to pick up OpenIB with RDS support ? > > OpenIB doesn't have RDS support yet AFAICT. Some code is in > contrib/silverstorm/rds/
The code in contrib/silverstorm/rds is up-to-date but is on SilverStorm IbAccess layer. As previously mentioned, this code is for reference only and needs to be ported to OpenIB verbs and moved into trunk. > but not in the trunk where Roland can ship it to kernel.org > and where every distro will look for it. > > But as Roland said, RDS doesn't even have a Makefile. > I've reviewed some of it shortly after it got dropped in but > still need to go through alot more of the code. > I will go ahead and post the Makefile...but it's currently specific to SST Access layer. > > How can we (Oracle) help ? > > 1) Port contrib/silverstorm/rds/ to linux-kernel/infiniband/ulp/rds/ Grant, at the last OpenIB conference, you had volunteered to help port the code or, at the coding style. :) > 2) include some docs on it's use and why RDS is better than SDP. I will checkin the RDS presentations shortly. > 3) nag people to review the ported code > 4) post functional test results > > That's a prioritized list if that helps. > > Regarding (2), I need to re-read your last OpenIB conf RDS presentation. > ISTR there was a reason but the details escape me. You guys once explained > it but the details didn't stick. > > cheers, > grant > _______________________________________________ > openib-general mailing list > [email protected] > http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general > > To unsubscribe, please visit http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general > Ranjit _______________________________________________ openib-general mailing list [email protected] http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general To unsubscribe, please visit http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general
