[libfabric-users] netdir / verbs interop

[smoore at MRU.MEDICAL.CANON]

Dear List,

Apologies if this question has been asked before, but I didn't see anything like it in the mailing list archive...

I must transfer data via RoCE between Linux and Windows using a SmartNIC to offload the CPU and bypass the OS kernel.  Both Linux and Windows machines will be equipped with Mellanox ConnectX-5 NICs.

My basic question is what libfabric providers must I use?  From reading the docs, I think I must use the verbs provider on Linux and the netdir provider on Windows.  Is this correct?

As a follow up, is the verbs provider supported on Windows?  I suspect not, but would like to confirm.

Thanks in advance,

Steve Moore
Principal Software Engineer
Canon Medical Research USA, Inc.
706 N. Deerpath Drive, Vernon Hills, IL 60061, USA
P (847) 573-6630 | F (847) 367-4889
E smoore at mru.medical.canon<mailto:smoore at mru.medical.canon> | W https://research.us.medical.canon<https://research.us.medical.canon/>


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