[rds-devel] iWARP RDMA patch

[Richard Frank]

We can start with Andy's tree - but for cert if must be in a release...

Jon Mason wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 06, 2008 at 03:53:57PM -0500, Richard Frank wrote:
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>> Jon Mason wrote:
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>>> On Thu, Nov 06, 2008 at 03:29:55PM -0500, Richard Frank wrote:
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>>>> for bcopy:
>>>>
>>>> 1) loopback should be all that is needed to run tkmvrpc...
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>>> I have verified that rds-ping works over iWARP via loopback.
>>>
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>> What OFED version has this - is this -> 1.4 rc3 ?
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>
> 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..
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>>>>         
>>> Is there anything we can do to help out here?
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>>>> 3) then a full RAC IPC certification..on 16 nodes.. fully redundant   
>>>> fabric - executed by vendor..
>>>>
>>>> for rdma:
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>>>>         
>>> 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:
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>>>>> Richard Frank wrote:
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>>>>>> The most important (IMO) support to work on - is sorting out the 
>>>>>> rdma completion / error processing... for iWARP..
>>>>>>
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>>>>> Chelsio would like to get the existing Oracle release enabled on 
>>>>> their  HW.  What is the next step for this?
>>>>>
>>>>> Steve.
>>>>>       
>>>>>