[ofw] Is Gen1 is the latest code for Windows

[Tzachi Dar]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ofw-bounces at lists.openfabrics.org 
> [mailto:ofw-bounces at lists.openfabrics.org] On Behalf Of Hal Rosenstock
> Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 11:20 PM
> To: Leonid Keller
> Cc: Gilad Shainer; ofw at lists.openfabrics.org
> Subject: RE: [ofw] Is Gen1 is the latest code for Windows
> 
> On Thu, 2007-12-13 at 10:48 +0200, Leonid Keller wrote:
> > It's Linux IB stack history: first they have gen1 stack, which was 
> > mostly based on Mellanox (VAPI) code,
> 
> There were other gen1s like Intel's IBAL.
> 
> >  them they have completely re-developed it  - it was called 
> gen2. Our
> > (Windows) low-level drivers in gen1 are based on the Linux 
> gen2 ones.
> 
> Are they ? I thought there was no code sharing between Linux 
> gen2 and Windows (other than most of OpenSM).

The IBAL HW code was originally based on code from Intel (actually this
Was based on an old VAPI code).
This code was replaced by the mthca driver which is based on Linux gen2
driver.


> I also was under the impression that the basis of IB for 
> Windows was IBAL and most was similar to gen1 Intel but I 
> could be mistaken.
> 
> As to interoperation with Linux that's a different matter and 
> independent of gen1/gen2.
> 
> -- Hal
> 
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> >         From: ofw-bounces at lists.openfabrics.org [mailto:ofw-
> >         bounces at lists.openfabrics.org] On Behalf Of Gilad Shainer
> >         Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 9:34 AM
> >         To: Deepak Gupta; ofw at lists.openfabrics.org
> >         Subject: RE: [ofw] Is Gen1 is the latest code for Windows
> >         
> >         
> >         What is gen1 and gen2?
> >         
> >         
> >         
> ______________________________________________________________
> >         From: ofw-bounces at lists.openfabrics.org [mailto:ofw-
> >         bounces at lists.openfabrics.org] On Behalf Of Deepak Gupta
> >         Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 11:17 PM
> >         To: ofw at lists.openfabrics.org
> >         Subject: [ofw] Is Gen1 is the latest code for Windows
> >         
> >         
> >         Hi All,
> >          
> >         Tried to search for gen2 code.
> >         Is gen1 is the latest one available for windows.
> >          
> >         Please confirm
> >          
> >          
> >         Cheers
> >         Deepak Gupta
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