RE: [RFC PATCH 00/28] INFINIBAND NETWORK BLOCK DEVICE (IBNBD)

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> 
> From: Jack Wang <jinpu.wang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> This series introduces IBNBD/IBTRS kernel modules.
> 
> IBNBD (InfiniBand network block device) allows for an RDMA transfer of block
IO
> over InfiniBand network. The driver presents itself as a block device on
client
> side and transmits the block requests in a zero-copy fashion to the
server-side
> via InfiniBand. The server part of the driver converts the incoming buffers
back
> into BIOs and hands them down to the underlying block device. As soon as IO
> responses come back from the drive, they are being transmitted back to the
> client.

Hey Jack, why is this IB specific?  Can it work over iWARP transports as well?

Steve.



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