[ofa-general] RE: [ewg] [PATCH 0/9] RDMAoE - RDMA over Ethernet -- some procedural questions

[Jeff Squyres]

On Jun 15, 2009, at 9:54 PM, Ryan, Jim wrote:

> - There was no standards body associated with the proposal.
>


Clarification question on this -- what exactly does this statement  
mean?  I ask because if you take that statement to the extreme, many  
things in OFED may not qualify.

For example, the uDAPL software API is standardized, so I assume it's  
fine.  The iWARP and IB hardware layers are standardized, but are  
there standardized software APIs?  Specifically: the verbs software  
stack is not standardized by any standards body, is it?  (what is the  
exact definition of "standards body", anyway -- does consensus of OFED  
members count?)

These may be naive questions (I don't follow these APIs at all), but  
is the RDS API standardized?  Is SRP?  Are the various tools that are  
shipped in OFED standardized?

I'm sure we don't want to take all these things out of OFED, but some  
clarification of the rules might be useful.

-- 
Jeff Squyres
Cisco Systems