[rds-devel] iWARP RDMA patch

[Jon Mason]

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.
>>>>