[ewg] RE: [ofa-general] OFED 1.3 Alpha release is available

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Scott Weitzenkamp (sweitzen) wrote:
>> 3. IPoIB
>>    o Stateless offloads
>>    o NAPI is enabled default
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> How does one measure these changes using tools like netperf or iperf?
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We use netperf and iperf
> Do I need a specific HCA type?
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NAPI - for all HCAs
Stateless offloads are available only for UD mode:
1. Checksum offload: Uses HW ability to generate/validate checksum. 
Available in Arbel and ConnectX
2. LSO - available in ConnectX only
3. LRO - SW mostly but depends on checksum offload - thus supported in 
Arbel and ConnectX
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>> 4. SDP - these are not yet in the alpha release
>>    o Keep-alive
>>    o Asynch IO
>>    o Send Zero Copy
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> If it didn't make it into alpha, perhaps it should not go into 1.3, so
> we can hold the release date better?
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Since the code is running and tested and Jim just has not succeed to 
arrange it all in the git on time I think it should be in
I cc Jim so he can answer in more details on the status.
> What ever happened to NFS RDMA?
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No one agreed to become a maintainer of NFSoRDMA for OFED

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