[rds-devel] iWARP RDMA patch

[Richard Frank]

Jon Mason wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 06, 2008 at 03:29:55PM -0500, Richard Frank wrote:
>   
>> for bcopy:
>>
>> 1) loopback should be all that is needed to run tkmvrpc...
>>     
>
> I have verified that rds-ping works over iWARP via loopback.
>
>   
What OFED version has this - is this -> 1.4 rc3 ?

>> 2) we (Oracle) will run Oracle regression tests here + rds-stress for  
>> basic performance..
>> We have your NICs installed - just need a complete stack to start..
>>     
>
> Is there anything we can do to help out here?
>
>   
>> 3) then a full RAC IPC certification..on 16 nodes.. fully redundant  
>> fabric - executed by vendor..
>>
>> for rdma:
>>     
>
> I am still squashing bugs in the zcopy code.  Hopefully I can have this
> done soon.
>
>   
>> 1) rdma completion / error processing working
>> 2) get_mr to handle destination IP for the key.
>> 3) we must update Oracle IPC to use the new get_mr interface - this  
>> requires another Oracle release..
>> 4) repeat 2 & 3 from bcopy...for rdma path.
>>
>> Steve Wise wrote:
>>     
>>> Richard Frank wrote:
>>>       
>>>> The most important (IMO) support to work on - is sorting out the rdma 
>>>> completion / error processing... for iWARP..
>>>>
>>>>   
>>>>         
>>> Chelsio would like to get the existing Oracle release enabled on their  
>>> HW.  What is the next step for this?
>>>
>>> Steve.
>>>