From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Roland Dreier Subject: Re: [PATCH][6/12][RFC/v1] Add IPoIB (IP-over-InfiniBand) driver Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 07:37:15 -0800 Message-ID: <52oehpevys.fsf@topspin.com> References: <200411181046.6Dz1IPtDKfpgSXN9@topspin.com> <200411181046.Jj0jsF5E2KmiGN8f@topspin.com> <20041118200017.GA26976@infradead.org> <52sm71ex0l.fsf@topspin.com> <20041122153456.GA4905@infradead.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: netdev@oss.sgi.com Return-path: To: Christoph Hellwig In-Reply-To: <20041122153456.GA4905@infradead.org> (Christoph Hellwig's message of "Mon, 22 Nov 2004 15:34:56 +0000") Sender: netdev-bounce@oss.sgi.com Errors-to: netdev-bounce@oss.sgi.com List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org Christoph> That just means avoidable interface changes sooner or Christoph> later. The dma_ interfaces also have the added benefit Christoph> of allowing better control of the type of consistant Christoph> allocation interface. OK, I have no problem making this change. Christoph> Note that pathscale already has direct to HT infiniband Christoph> components, but it's not sure whether they'll ever be Christoph> supported by the OpenIB codebase. HT actually looks like PCI to software... however I do see advantages to using the dma_* stuff for supporting the pathscale hardware, if they every open up their specs. - R.