From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
To: Andrew Vasquez <andrew.vasquez@qlogic.com>
Cc: Linux-SCSI Mailing List <linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org>,
James Bottomley <james.bottomley@steeleye.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/8] qla2xxx: Add iIDMA support.
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 10:29:58 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20061010092958.GB395@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <115981565078-git-send-email-andrew.vasquez@qlogic.com>
On Mon, Oct 02, 2006 at 12:00:43PM -0700, Andrew Vasquez wrote:
> iIDMA (Intelligent Interleaved Direct Memory Access) allows for
> the HBA hardware to send FC frames at the rate at which they can
> be received by a target device. By taking advantage of the
> higher link rate, the HBA can maximize bandwidth utilization in a
> heterogeneous multi-speed SAN.
>
> Within a fabric topology, port speed detection is done via a Name
> Server command (GFPN_ID) followed by a Fabric Management command
> (GPSC). In an FCAL/N2N topology, port speed is based on the HBA
> link-rate.
Looks good to me.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-10-10 9:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-10-02 18:59 [PATCH 0/8] qla2xxx: driver update Andrew Vasquez
2006-10-02 19:00 ` [PATCH 1/8] qla2xxx: Add iIDMA support Andrew Vasquez
2006-10-10 9:29 ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]
2006-10-02 19:00 ` [PATCH 2/8] qla2xxx: Add support for symbolic nodename FC transport attribute Andrew Vasquez
2006-10-10 9:30 ` Christoph Hellwig
2006-10-12 16:37 ` Andrew Vasquez
2006-10-02 19:00 ` [PATCH 3/8] qla2xxx: Add support for system hostname " Andrew Vasquez
2006-10-10 9:32 ` Christoph Hellwig
2006-10-02 19:00 ` [PATCH 4/8] qla2xxx: Add support for fabric name " Andrew Vasquez
2006-10-10 9:32 ` Christoph Hellwig
2006-10-02 19:00 ` [PATCH 5/8] qla2xxx: Add support for host port state " Andrew Vasquez
2006-10-10 9:33 ` Christoph Hellwig
2006-10-02 19:00 ` [PATCH 6/8] qla2xxx: Add MODULE_FIRMWARE tags Andrew Vasquez
2006-10-10 9:33 ` Christoph Hellwig
2006-10-02 19:00 ` [PATCH 7/8] qla2xxx: Stall mid-layer error handlers while rport is blocked Andrew Vasquez
2006-10-02 19:26 ` James Smart
2006-10-02 22:14 ` Matthew Wilcox
2006-10-02 23:05 ` Mike Anderson
2006-10-03 14:24 ` James Smart
2006-10-05 16:09 ` Mike Christie
2006-10-06 15:23 ` James Smart
2006-10-06 17:01 ` Mike Christie
2006-10-06 17:33 ` James Smart
2006-10-10 15:11 ` Patrick Mansfield
2006-10-02 19:00 ` [PATCH 8/8] qla2xxx: Update version number to 8.01.07-k2 Andrew Vasquez
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