From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S965650AbXDMWrn (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Apr 2007 18:47:43 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S965646AbXDMWrn (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Apr 2007 18:47:43 -0400 Received: from agminet01.oracle.com ([141.146.126.228]:62464 "EHLO agminet01.oracle.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965650AbXDMWrm (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Apr 2007 18:47:42 -0400 Message-ID: <46200822.5060800@oracle.com> Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 18:45:54 -0400 From: Chuck Lever Reply-To: chuck.lever@oracle.com Organization: Oracle Corporation User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (X11/20070302) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mike Snitzer CC: Roland Dreier , NeilBrown , Andrew Morton , nfs@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Merge plans for RPC/RDMA? (Was: Re: [NFS] [PATCH 000 of 14] knfsd: Preparation for IPv6 support in NFS server.) References: <170fa0d20704131347u4a28b5d1h1959227980449fbf@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <170fa0d20704131347u4a28b5d1h1959227980449fbf@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------060407010706070108020908" X-Whitelist: TRUE X-Whitelist: TRUE X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------060407010706070108020908 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mike Snitzer wrote: > On 2/2/07, Chuck Lever wrote: >> Roland Dreier wrote: >> > > They are mostly from Chuck Level and make preparating for IPv6 >> support >> > > in the NFS server. >> > > They are *not* for 2.6.20, but should be ok for .21. >> > >> > Out of curiousity, does this patch series reduce the delta between the >> > NFS/RDMA tree and mainline Linux? In other words does this bring >> > NFS/RDMA closer to merging? >> >> Hi Roland- >> >> The client side support for an RPC/RDMA module is almost completely >> integrated into mainline. There is still a minimal set of patches >> required to support alternate transports in loadable kernel modules >> which Trond has indicated he will integrate when the RPC/RDMA transport >> is ready to be integrated. > > Hi Chuck, > > I must be missing something because I don't see _any_ trace of the > core RPC over RDMA support (xprtrdma et al), your RPC Transport > Switch, or any of the other supporting changes in mainline. Could > you, or others, please clarify the plan for merging RPC/RDMA? The RPC transport switch patches are almost fully integrated into mainline. The xprtrdma piece is what is not there yet. >> At this time I'm not aware of a plan to integrate server-side support >> for NFS/RDMA. Perhaps the NetApp RDMA developers could respond. > > Do you mean the NFS/RDMA server code from Tom Tucker of Open Grid > Computing? Why wouldn't this code be included? Tom's code hasn't been reviewed by the community. --------------060407010706070108020908 Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=utf-8; name="chuck.lever.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="chuck.lever.vcf" begin:vcard fn:Chuck Lever n:Lever;Chuck org:Oracle Corporation;Corporate Architecture: Linux Projects Group adr:;;1015 Granger Avenue;Ann Arbor;MI;48104;USA email;internet:chuck dot lever at nospam oracle dot com title:Principal Member of Staff tel;work:+1 248 614 5091 x-mozilla-html:FALSE version:2.1 end:vcard --------------060407010706070108020908--