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<p class=MsoNormal dir=LTR><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Eddy hi,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal dir=LTR><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>OpenIB maintains a WIKI
at <a href="https://openib.org/tiki/tiki-index.php">https://openib.org/tiki/tiki-index.php</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal dir=LTR><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>However I'm not sure it
contains any ib_verbs documentation.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal dir=LTR><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I'm CCing the openib
mailing list, maybe someone there knows where you can find documentation.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Dan<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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Quicksall [mailto:eddy_quicksall_iVivity_iSCSI@Comcast.net] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Monday, January 09, 2006
10:55 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Dan Bar Dov<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [Ips] iSER API's</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal dir=LTR><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>I assume ib_verbs is for Infiniband. Am I correct?</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal dir=LTR><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Where can I get the ib_verbs API documentation?</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt'>Eddy</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal dir=LTR style='background:#E4E4E4'><b><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> <a
href="mailto:danb@voltaire.com" title="danb@voltaire.com">Dan Bar Dov</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal dir=LTR><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>To:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> <a
href="mailto:jhufferd@Brocade.COM" title="jhufferd@Brocade.COM">John Hufferd</a>
; <a href="mailto:eddy_quicksall_iVivity_iSCSI@comcast.net"
title="eddy_quicksall_iVivity_iSCSI@comcast.net">Eddy Quicksall</a> ; <a
href="mailto:ips@ietf.org" title="ips@ietf.org">ips@ietf.org</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal dir=LTR><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> Sunday, January
08, 2006 8:50 PM<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal dir=LTR><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> RE: [Ips]
iSER API's<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal dir=LTR><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>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. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal dir=LTR><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>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).</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal dir=LTR><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Dan</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> <a
href="mailto:ips-bounces@ietf.org">ips-bounces@ietf.org</a> [mailto:ips-bounces@ietf.org]
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>John Hufferd<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Friday, January 06, 2006
11:18 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Eddy Quicksall; ips@ietf.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> RE: [Ips] iSER API's</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal dir=LTR><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Eddy,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal dir=LTR><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>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). <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal dir=LTR><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I believe that, over
time, most <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">OSs</st1:City></st1:place>
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.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal dir=LTR><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> ips-bounces@ietf.org
[mailto:ips-bounces@ietf.org] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Eddy
Quicksall<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Friday, January 06, 2006
11:42 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> ips@ietf.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [Ips] iSER API's</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal dir=LTR><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Is there any work afoot to design some
standard iSER API's?</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal dir=LTR><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Eddy</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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