[rds-devel] iWARP RDMA patch

[Steve Wise]

Richard Frank wrote:
> We can start with Andy's tree - but for cert if must be in a release...
>

Ok, so we need to queue this up for ofed-1.4.1.  Sound like a plan?


> Jon Mason wrote:
>> On Thu, Nov 06, 2008 at 03:53:57PM -0500, Richard Frank wrote:
>>  
>>> 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 ?
>>>     
>>
>> Andy's git tree has it in there.  It would need to be back ported to the
>> 1.4-rcX tree if you want it there.  Is this what you want, or can we
>> work off of Andy's git tree?
>>
>>  
>>>>> 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.
>>>>>>