From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andi Kleen Subject: Re: [ofa-general] [PATCH 0/26] Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS), take 2 Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 18:08:34 +0100 Message-ID: <87myc73izx.fsf@basil.nowhere.org> References: <1235525443-9007-1-git-send-email-andy.grover@oracle.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, rds-devel@oss.oracle.com, general@lists.openfabrics.org To: Andy Grover Return-path: Received: from one.firstfloor.org ([213.235.205.2]:54711 "EHLO one.firstfloor.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753063AbZB0RK0 (ORCPT ); Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:10:26 -0500 In-Reply-To: <1235525443-9007-1-git-send-email-andy.grover@oracle.com> (Andy Grover's message of "Tue, 24 Feb 2009 17:30:17 -0800") Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Andy Grover writes: > This patchset against net-next adds support for RDS sockets. RDS is an > Oracle-originated protocol used to send IPC datagrams (up to 1MB) > reliably, and is used currently in Oracle RAC and Exadata products. Perhaps I missed it earlier, but what is the rationale for putting this as a socket type into the kernel? I assume they also work directly as implemented in user space using raw sockets or similar, don't they? -Andi -- ak@linux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only.