[openib-general] Re: [PATCH 0/29v2] InfiniBand core update

[Hal Rosenstock]

On Mon, 2005-07-11 at 23:11, Andrew Morton wrote:
> Well I was asking.  Do you guys think that this material is appropriate to
> and safe enough for 2.6.13?

We think so.

> What are "user CM" and "kernel CM"?

CM is the InfiniBand Communications Manager. It is (primarily)
responsible for setting up and managing connections between endpoints. 
Connections. IB communication occurs over the queue pairs (QPs) set up
by the CM protocol.

kernel CM is CM functionality in the kernel. user CM is to enable
userspace applications to utilize this functionality.

-- Hal