Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266163AbUJHWte (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Oct 2004 18:49:34 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266169AbUJHWte (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Oct 2004 18:49:34 -0400 Received: from 208.177.141.226.ptr.us.xo.net ([208.177.141.226]:33081 "HELO ash.lnxi.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S266163AbUJHWtS (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Oct 2004 18:49:18 -0400 To: Greg KH Cc: openib-general@openib.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [openib-general] InfiniBand incompatible with the Linux kernel? References: <20041008202247.GA9653@kroah.com> From: ebiederman@lnxi.com (Eric W. Biederman) Date: 08 Oct 2004 16:49:16 -0600 In-Reply-To: <20041008202247.GA9653@kroah.com> Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1509 Lines: 33 Greg KH writes: > [2] Sure, any person who has a copy of the kernel source tree could be a > target for any of a zillion other potential claims, nothing new there, > but the point here is they are explicitly stating that they will go > after non-IBTA members who touch IB code[3]. Greg I see nothing to back up the idea that IBTA intends to go after non-members. I simply see a disclaimer of warranty, and I see wording by your anonymous source that restates a disclaimer of warranty. Until I see something more to back this up I do not see a problem. In fact I see infiniband prices dropping, and competition increasing. The drivers off of openib.org look like they are a good start at making a sane linux implementation. Even the PCI-SIG requires you to pay for the spec. I agree it would be suicidally insane for the infiniband trade association to go after a linux stack, as it appears that a large portion of the infiniband users are currently running linux. Given the vendors I have seen working on hardware and the vendors who are a part of the infiniband trade association there does appear to be a certain amount of disconnect between the two. So this may be an attempt to bring all of the interested parties together. Eric - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/