[ofw] port RDS to OFW - request for input...

[Leonid Keller]

Mlx4_bus driver is a port from Linux one, running there under Core
(Linux's IBAL).
What do you think of porting Core into Windows for eventual replacing
IBAL ?
Linux kernel rdma_cm module is running over Core; it is to be then
simply ported ...


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> [mailto:ofw-bounces at lists.openfabrics.org] On Behalf Of Sean Hefty
> Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 8:02 PM
> To: Hefty, Sean; Smith, Stan; Richard Frank; ofw at lists.openfabrics.org
> Subject: RE: [ofw] port RDS to OFW - request for input...
> 
> >Of course, that doesn't mean that we need to invent 
> differences between 
> >the platforms if we can make due without any.  And it may be that a 
> >shim is so trivial that it's easy to do.
> 
> Studying the details more, providing something close to the 
> Linux kernel rdma_cm interface on Windows wouldn't be too 
> bad.  Conceptually, it wouldn't be that different from the IB 
> CM interface in ib_cm_ifc.h.  The only potential problem is 
> that rdma_destroy_id is blocking.  Since it is also used to 
> cancel outstanding operations, I don't know if this would be 
> a problem for you or not.
> 
> Of course, I still don't know how you implement the address 
> resolution piece...
> 
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