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<br><font size=2><tt>"Bob Woodruff" <robert.j.woodruff@intel.com>
wrote on 05/26/2005 08:49:59 AM:<br>
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> Venkat> I would like to start a discussion around the
convergence of RDMA<br>
> APIs and ULPs<br>
> Venkat> between OpenIB and OpenRDMA projects.<br>
> <br>
<br>
> Once the RNIC people have a mid-layer that interfaces with the RDMA
API<br>
> (kDAPL <br>
> derivative), we can look at where there might be common code that
could be<br>
> shared between the InfiniBand mid-layer and the iWarp mid-layer. This
would<br>
> allow the RNIC vendors to develop code that could use the same ULPs
without<br>
> slowing down the InfiniBand development. <br>
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<br><font size=2><tt>Absolutely and this is exactly what I would like to
see without impacting </tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>the IB development but supporting common ULPs is critical.</tt></font>
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<br><font size=2><tt>Thanks</tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>Venkat</tt></font>
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