[openib-general] RE: [Ips] iSER API's

[Dan Bar Dov]

Eddy hi,

As you can see, there are no responses. I guess that leaves only the
option of reading the header files/code.

Dan

On 1/10/06, Dan Bar Dov <danb at voltaire.com> wrote:
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> Eddy hi,
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> OpenIB maintains a WIKI at
> https://openib.org/tiki/tiki-index.php
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> However I'm not sure it contains any ib_verbs documentation.
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> I'm CCing the openib mailing list, maybe someone there knows where you can
> find documentation.
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> Dan
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> From: Eddy Quicksall
> [mailto:eddy_quicksall_iVivity_iSCSI at Comcast.net]
> Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 10:55 PM
> To: Dan Bar Dov
> Subject: Re: [Ips] iSER API's
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> I assume ib_verbs is for Infiniband. Am I correct?
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> Where can I get the ib_verbs API documentation?
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> Eddy
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> ----- Original Message -----
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> From: Dan Bar Dov
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> To: John Hufferd ; Eddy Quicksall ; ips at ietf.org
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> Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2006 8:50 PM
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> Subject: RE: [Ips] iSER API's
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> Indeed on Linux the direction is towards a generic RDMA interface. CMA
> provides a generic CM abstraction, and the ib_verbs API is planned to extend
> over iWARP one way or another.
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> The DM was deemed unnecessary, the API between iSCSI & SCSI and the
> underlying iSER enforced redesign of the iSER API to conform with iSCSI and
> SCSI rather then implement yet another layer between iSER and iSCSI/SCSI
> (namely DM).
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> Dan
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> From: ips-bounces at ietf.org [mailto:ips-bounces at ietf.org] On Behalf Of John
> Hufferd
> Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 11:18 PM
> To: Eddy Quicksall; ips at ietf.org
> Subject: RE: [Ips] iSER API's
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> Eddy,
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> What APIs are you asking about?  The SCSI CLASS Driver to the Device Driver
> (Mini Port Driver) should have the same interfaces for iSER as it is
> available for iSCSI.  If you mean between the Device Driver (Mini Port
> Driver) and the RNIC, that will probably be the RNIC vendors interface if
> they have implemented all or part of the iSER or Data Mover in the RNIC
> itself, or the RNIC vendor's interfaces to their version of the verbs (at
> least until the OS implements its own RDMA interfaces that implement the
> RDMA verbs).
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> I believe that, over time, most OSs will have generic RDMA interfaces, which
> can be use by all certified RNIC hardware, and any application (user space
> or kernel space); in that case the iSER module will probably interface to
> that OS's RDMA interfaces.
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> John L Hufferd
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> Sr. Executive Director of Technology
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> Brocade Communications Systems, Inc
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> From: ips-bounces at ietf.org [mailto:ips-bounces at ietf.org] On Behalf Of Eddy
> Quicksall
> Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 11:42 AM
> To: ips at ietf.org
> Subject: [Ips] iSER API's
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> Is there any work afoot to design some standard iSER API's?
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> Eddy
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