[openib-general] SA cache design
Sean Hefty
sean.hefty at intel.com
Thu Jan 5 15:00:40 PST 2006
>- It is implemented in kernel mode
> - while user mode may help during initial debug, it will be important
for
> kernel mode ULPs such as SRP, IPoIB and SDP to also make use of
>these records
Your kernel footprint is smaller than I expected, which is good. Note that with
a MAD interface, kernel modules would still have access to any cached data. I
also wanted to stick with usermode to allow saving the cache to disk, so that it
would be available immediately after a reboot. (My assumption being that
changes to the network topology would be rare, so we could optimize around a
stable network design.)
As a related topic, there will be a separate SA client interface defined that
will generate SA query MADs for the user.
- Sean
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