Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261644AbVD1BmU (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Apr 2005 21:42:20 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261648AbVD1BmU (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Apr 2005 21:42:20 -0400 Received: from kalmia.hozed.org ([209.234.73.41]:27266 "EHLO kalmia.hozed.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261644AbVD1BmR (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Apr 2005 21:42:17 -0400 Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 20:42:16 -0500 From: Troy Benjegerdes To: David Addison Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Andrew Morton , Andrea Arcangeli , David Addison Subject: Re: [PATCH][RFC] Linux VM hooks for advanced RDMA NICs Message-ID: <20050428014216.GX999@kalmia.hozed.org> References: <426E62ED.5090803@quadrics.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <426E62ED.5090803@quadrics.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 956 Lines: 21 On Tue, Apr 26, 2005 at 04:49:01PM +0100, David Addison wrote: > Hi, > > here is a patch we use to integrate the Quadrics NICs into the Linux kernel. > The patch adds hooks to the Linux VM subsystem so that registered 'IOPROC' > devices can be informed of page table changes. > This allows the Quadrics NICs to perform user RDMAs safely, without > requiring > page pinning. Looking through some of the recent IB and Ammasso discussions, > it may also prove useful to those NICs too. > I think the best thing to do is post this patch to openib-general ( http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general ) and get a patch developed that works on amasso, IB, and Quadrics hardware, and then come back to lkml. - 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/