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From: jaganav@us.ibm.com
Subject: Re: Linux support for RDMA (was: [Ksummit-2005-discuss] Summary of 2005 Kernel Summit Proposed Topics)
Date: Tue,  5 Apr 2005 18:19:40 -0400
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Quoting Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>:

> On Sat, 2 Apr 2005 jaganav@us.ibm.com wrote:
> 
> > If this dual license is a concern to other kernel developers as well 
> > from contributing to OpenRDMA, we would seriously consider this and 
> > discuss with the adapter vendors.
> 
> It could be a problem when trying to reuse existing
> GPL code, eg. to hook into locking mechanisms.  It
> could also be a problem if you touch data structures
> that are protected by RCU.

Right, this could be one of the significant porting issues 
but it may become a real concern. Thanks.

Thanks
Venkat