From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 28 Jun 2001 17:47:46 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 28 Jun 2001 17:47:36 -0400 Received: from [216.102.46.130] ([216.102.46.130]:30782 "EHLO zinfandel.topspincom.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 28 Jun 2001 17:47:23 -0400 To: Pekka Pietikainen Cc: Bogdan Costescu , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Linux and system area networks In-Reply-To: <20010627154140.A14908@netppl.fi> <20010628221227.A24517@netppl.fi> From: Roland Dreier Date: 28 Jun 2001 14:46:49 -0700 In-Reply-To: Pekka Pietikainen's message of "Thu, 28 Jun 2001 22:12:27 +0300" Message-ID: <52d77o46ra.fsf@love-boat.topspincom.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.0803 (Gnus v5.8.3) XEmacs/21.1 (Capitol Reef) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Pekka> If you used sockets, I believe the normal way to use SAN Pekka> boards is to just make them look like network cards with a Pekka> large MTU Sure it works, but it's not very efficient :) (I Pekka> have to admit I've not played with that kind of toys at Pekka> all, though) We seem to have come full circle. My original question was about providing a better way for sockets applications to take advantage of SAN hardware. W2K Datacenter introduces "Winsock Direct," which will bypass the protocol stack when appropriate. The Infiniband people are working on a "Sockets Direct" standard, which is a similar idea. No one seems to care about this for Linux. Roland