On Fri, Mar 24, 2017 at 3:20 PM, Steve Wise <swise@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> 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. > > > Hi Steve, Because we only use IB in our production, as I replied to Bart, sorry, not yet. Regards, -- Jack Wang Linux Kernel Developer ProfitBricks GmbH Greifswalder Str. 207 D - 10405 Berlin Tel: +49 30 577 008 042 Fax: +49 30 577 008 299 Email: jinpu.wang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx URL: https://www.profitbricks.de Sitz der Gesellschaft: Berlin Registergericht: Amtsgericht Charlottenburg, HRB 125506 B Geschäftsführer: Achim Weiss -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-rdma" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
