From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263268AbUCNDrA (ORCPT ); Sat, 13 Mar 2004 22:47:00 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263269AbUCNDrA (ORCPT ); Sat, 13 Mar 2004 22:47:00 -0500 Received: from fmr06.intel.com ([134.134.136.7]:35779 "EHLO caduceus.jf.intel.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263268AbUCNDq5 convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Sat, 13 Mar 2004 22:46:57 -0500 content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.0.6487.1 Subject: RE: PATCH - InfiniBand Access Layer (IBAL) Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2004 19:46:12 -0800 Message-ID: <1AC79F16F5C5284499BB9591B33D6F000B630B@orsmsx408.jf.intel.com> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: PATCH - InfiniBand Access Layer (IBAL) Thread-Index: AcQJbL8jBzws8Yf4TEOWCpznXP8I/QAA6f3A From: "Woodruff, Robert J" To: "Greg KH" , "Woodruff, Robert J" Cc: "Linus Torvalds" , "Sam Ravnborg" , "Timothy Miller" , "Rik van Riel" , "Matti Aarnio" , "Christoph Hellwig" , "Woodruff, Robert J" , , "Hefty, Sean" , "Coffman, Jerrie L" , "Davis, Arlin R" , X-OriginalArrivalTime: 14 Mar 2004 03:46:13.0485 (UTC) FILETIME=[E58731D0:01C40976] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, Mar 13, 2004 at 02:07:13PM -0800, Greg KH wrote: >I think you need to work with the openib.org people as they seem to >have: > - working code with support for a number of different devices I have code that has been running MPI NBPs, Pallas benchmark, and IPoIB stress tests for almost 10 days now on multiple vendors equipment. We are also close to having a major data base vendor's DAPL stress test running very well. I'm thinkin this code could be running 1000 nodes clusters within a couple of months, if people wanted to try it, but that would require Mellanox to open source their TVPD. > - developers with extensive kernel programming experience As if we don't. > working on cleaning up the code to fit properly into the > kernel tree. The comments you have given on IBAL would probably only take a few weeks to change. > - their code showing up in at least one distro which will expose > them to a much wider range of testing than Intel's project so > far has had. Ok, the OEMS pushed for and got a distro to accept a TTM solution, that's OK for getting InfiniBand jumpstarted, but does that mean we have to accept it into Linux and live with that solution forever. I guess I just wish they had started working with us on this open source project 2 years ago when we started it, rather than developing a complete stack behind closed doors and then releasing it without any input from anyone. Now there are serious issues that will take a lot of work to fix. At least our project was totally open from the start and anyone could have provided input at any time. Enough said. I understand your position. We will submit our code to openib.org.