[openib-general] NFS/RDMA client release for Linux 2.6.15

Roland Dreier rdreier at cisco.com
Mon Feb 20 08:56:28 PST 2006


    Thomas> And, this is only one of many memory registration
    Thomas> modes. We would use memory windows, if only OpenIB
    Thomas> provided them (yes I know the hardware currently sucks for
    Thomas> them). We will add FMR support shortly. In both these
    Thomas> modes we perform all addressing by the book via 1-1 OpenIB
    Thomas> registration.

Memory windows don't solve anything here, do they?  You still have to
register the full region using bus addresses somehow.

 - R.



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