RE: PATCH - InfiniBand Access Layer (IBAL)

[Woodruff, Robert J]

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. 







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