[ofa-general] Re: new NFS/RDMA instructions for 2.6.25-rc1

James Lentini jlentini at netapp.com
Mon Feb 25 10:15:11 PST 2008



On Mon, 25 Feb 2008, J. Bruce Fields wrote:

> On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 12:20:13PM -0500, James Lentini wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > On Mon, 25 Feb 2008, Roland Dreier wrote:
> > 
> > >  > +  - Install an OpenFabrics-compatible RDMA card
> > >  > +
> > >  > +    Any device that is compatible with the OpenFabrics.org software stack is 
> > >  > +    acceptable.
> > > 
> > > This seems a little odd in the context of instructions on how to use
> > > the code in the kernel.  Maybe something like:
> > > 
> > >  - Install an RDMA device
> > > 
> > >    Any device supported by the drivers in drivers/infiniband/hw is
> > >    acceptable.
> > > 
> > >  - R.
> > 
> > I agree. Your wording is clearer.
> > 
> > Bruce, 
> > 
> > Here's an update incorporating Roland's suggestion.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: James Lentini <jlentini at netapp.com>
> > 
> > --- /dev/null	2008-01-17 11:34:08.491004516 -0500
> > +++ Documentation/nfs-rdma.txt	2008-02-25 12:18:17.937932000 -0500
> 
> That actually puts the file in the top-level directory.  I moved it to
> ./Documentation/filesystems/, and stripped trailing whitespace.
> Assuming that's OK, 

Sounds good. 

> it's queued up for 2.6.26.  Thanks!

Great.

> --b.
> 



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