[ofa-general] Loading Infiniband modules for Xen Guests

[wei huang]

Yes, you are right.

Regards,
Wei Huang

774 Dreese Lab, 2015 Neil Ave,
Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering
Ohio State University
OH 43210
Tel: (614)292-8501


On Mon, 2 Apr 2007, Adit Ranadive wrote:

> So, from what I gather from the gmthca_main.c :
> serv_port is a socket port on dom0 to which the domU hca will connect to
> mc : index to the serv_name array which should indicate the dom0 IP address
> domain : is this the domain id for domU?
>
> So really the domU needs networking setup to have the HCA module
> loading into the domU?
>
> Thanks,
> Adit
>
> On 4/2/07, wei huang <huanwei at cse.ohio-state.edu> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I think for the prototype implementation in smartio hg, the guest domain
> > is setup connections to dom0 through kernel socket. Though the ideal case
> > is using xenbus, xenbus was not quite there when we wrote the prototype.
> >
> > I believe it is harded coded in the file. You should really need to change
> > it to take input parameters for easier use.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Wei Huang
> >
> > 774 Dreese Lab, 2015 Neil Ave,
> > Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering
> > Ohio State University
> > OH 43210
> > Tel: (614)292-8501
> >
> >
> > On Mon, 2 Apr 2007, Adit Ranadive wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I dont understand why would I need to specify the IP address of the dom0?
> > > Ive seen the source for the ib_gmthca module which takes the
> > > serv_port, mc, domain as module parameters?
> > > So what do i need to specify for these in order to load the gmthca
> > > module in xen guest?
> > >
> > > A more generic question could be that actually how does the guest hca
> > > module work? Using kernel sockets?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Adit
> > >
> > > On 4/2/07, wei huang <huanwei at cse.ohio-state.edu> wrote:
> > > > You probably have the IP address of dom0 wrong?
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > > Wei Huang
> > > >
> > > > 774 Dreese Lab, 2015 Neil Ave,
> > > > Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering
> > > > Ohio State University
> > > > OH 43210
> > > > Tel: (614)292-8501
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Adit Ranadive
> > > MS CS Candidate
> > > Georgia Institute of Technology,
> > > Atlanta, GA
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
> --
> Adit Ranadive
> MS CS Candidate
> Georgia Institute of Technology,
> Atlanta, GA
>