[ofa-general] [RFC] dropping RDS over TCP support

[Jon Mason]

On Tue, Sep 02, 2008 at 01:04:19PM -0700, Andy Grover wrote:
> We've been discussing dropping RDS's support for using TCP as a
> transport, and just focusing on RDS as a IB and iWARP-focused protocol.
> 
> This would simplify the RDS codebase, allow easier inclusion of more
> IB-centric features, and also give RDS an easier path towards mainline
> Linux kernel inclusion. Also, the imminent RDS iWARP support will
> address non-IB use cases.
> 
> Any objections? Anyone using it?

I found it useful for early development of RDS iWARP support.  While I
believe that mainline inclusion is much more important, I don't see any
harm in keeping it around.  Is there a thread on lkml listing it as an
issue for mainline inclusion?

Thanks,
Jon

> 
> Thanks -- Andy
> 
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