Hrm. Not sure how the emulation isn't Infiniband-related. But you see the problem, right? If integrated, this becomes a Linux-to-Linux protocol (only). And the first question it has to answer is "why isn't this just IPoIB"? I haven't seen an answer to that.
Tom. At 01:12 PM 3/10/2006, Bryan O'Sullivan wrote: >On Fri, 2006-03-10 at 13:02 -0500, Talpey, Thomas wrote: > >> Will it work in a system where IPoIB >> is enabled? > >Yes. > >> How do you handle IP addressing and discovery? > >DHCP and static addressing both work as you'd expect. > >> Have you tested it under all upper layers including IPv6? > >Yes. > >> What apps do your users run? > >Whatever they want. NFS, ssh, SMB, etc, etc. > >> At a minimum, you need to document its protocol, and quantify its >> performance advantages. If so, perhaps it can be justified as an >> experimental upper layer. > >It's not Infiniband-related at all, if that's what you're objecting to. > >> By the way, what's the name of this component? > >ipath_ether. > > <b _______________________________________________ openib-general mailing list [email protected] http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general To unsubscribe, please visit http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general
