On 5/15/19 9:15 PM, Yuval Shaia wrote: > On Wed, May 15, 2019 at 07:36:26PM +0300, Leon Romanovsky wrote: >> On Wed, May 15, 2019 at 06:30:51PM +0300, Yuval Shaia wrote: >>> On Tue, May 14, 2019 at 03:23:21PM +0300, Leon Romanovsky wrote: >>>> This is a call for proposals for the 4th RDMA mini-summit at the Linux >>>> Plumbers Conference in Lisbon, Portugal, which will be happening on >>>> September 9-11h, 2019. >>>> >>>> We are looking for topics with focus on active audience discussions >>>> and problem solving. The preferable topic is up to 30 minutes with >>>> 3-5 slides maximum. >>> >>> Abstract: Expand the virtio portfolio with RDMA >>> >>> Description: >>> Data center backends use more and more RDMA or RoCE devices and more and >>> more software runs in virtualized environment. >>> There is a need for a standard to enable RDMA/RoCE on Virtual Machines. >>> Virtio is the optimal solution since is the de-facto para-virtualizaton >>> technology and also because the Virtio specification allows Hardware >>> Vendors to support Virtio protocol natively in order to achieve bare metal >>> performance. >>> This talk addresses challenges in defining the RDMA/RoCE Virtio >>> Specification and a look forward on possible implementation techniques. >> >> Yuval, >> >> Who is going to implement it? >> >> Thanks > > It is going to be an open source effort by an open source contributors. > Probably as with qemu-pvrdma it would be me and Marcel and i have an > unofficial approval from extra person that gave promise to join (can't say > his name but since he is also on this list then he welcome to raise a > hand). That person is me. Leon: Is Mellanox willing to join too? > I also recall once someone from Mellanox wanted to join but not sure about > his availability now. > >> >>> >>>> >>>> This year, the LPC will include netdev track too and it is >>>> collocated with Kernel Summit, such timing makes an excellent >>>> opportunity to drive cross-tree solutions. >>>> >>>> BTW, RDMA is not accepted yet as a track in LPC, but let's think >>>> positive and start collect topics. >>>> >>>> Thanks
