[openib-general] [ANNOUNCE] Contribute RDS (Reliable DatagramSockets) to OpenIB

[Ranjit Pandit]

On 11/3/05, Grant Grundler <iod00d at hp.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 03, 2005 at 05:37:47PM -0500, Rick Frank wrote:
> > It is very important to Oracle for RDS to be available in OpenIB in as many
> > Linux distributions as possible.
> >
> > Is this going to happen and in what timeframe / what are the plans for Linux
> > distributions to pick up OpenIB with RDS support ?
>
> OpenIB doesn't have RDS support yet AFAICT. Some code is in
>         contrib/silverstorm/rds/

The code in contrib/silverstorm/rds is up-to-date but is on
SilverStorm IbAccess layer.
As previously mentioned, this code is for reference only and needs to
be ported to OpenIB verbs and moved into trunk.

> but not in the trunk where Roland can ship it to kernel.org
> and where every distro will look for it.
>
> But as Roland said, RDS doesn't even have a Makefile.
> I've reviewed some of it shortly after it got dropped in but
> still need to go through alot more of the code.
>

I will go ahead and post the Makefile...but it's currently specific to
SST Access layer.

> > How can we (Oracle) help ?
>
> 1) Port contrib/silverstorm/rds/ to linux-kernel/infiniband/ulp/rds/

Grant, at the last OpenIB conference, you had volunteered to help port
the code or, at the coding style. :)

> 2) include some docs on it's use and why RDS is better than SDP.

I will checkin the RDS presentations shortly.

> 3) nag people to review the ported code
> 4) post functional test results
>
> That's a prioritized list if that helps.
>
> Regarding (2), I need to re-read your last OpenIB conf RDS presentation.
> ISTR there was a reason but the details escape me. You guys once explained
> it but the details didn't stick.
>
> cheers,
> grant
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Ranjit