From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261304AbVGLJwq (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Jul 2005 05:52:46 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261290AbVGLJwp (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Jul 2005 05:52:45 -0400 Received: from mailgw.voltaire.com ([212.143.27.70]:38358 "EHLO mailgw.voltaire.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261199AbVGLJu7 (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Jul 2005 05:50:59 -0400 Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/29v2] InfiniBand core update From: Hal Rosenstock To: Andrew Morton Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, openib-general@openib.org, rolandd@cisco.com In-Reply-To: <20050711201117.72539977.akpm@osdl.org> References: <1121110249.4389.4984.camel@hal.voltaire.com> <20050711170548.31605e23.akpm@osdl.org> <1121136330.4389.5093.camel@hal.voltaire.com> <20050711201117.72539977.akpm@osdl.org> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Message-Id: <1121160475.4389.5154.camel@hal.voltaire.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.2 (1.2.2-4) Date: 12 Jul 2005 05:43:09 -0400 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 2005-07-11 at 23:11, Andrew Morton wrote: > Well I was asking. Do you guys think that this material is appropriate to > and safe enough for 2.6.13? We think so. > What are "user CM" and "kernel CM"? CM is the InfiniBand Communications Manager. It is (primarily) responsible for setting up and managing connections between endpoints. Connections. IB communication occurs over the queue pairs (QPs) set up by the CM protocol. kernel CM is CM functionality in the kernel. user CM is to enable userspace applications to utilize this functionality. -- Hal