From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 2 07:31:02 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9721E106564A for ; Thu, 2 Oct 2008 07:31:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from maho.nakata@gmail.com) Received: from ti-out-0910.google.com (ti-out-0910.google.com [209.85.142.185]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 196E28FC23 for ; Thu, 2 Oct 2008 07:31:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from maho.nakata@gmail.com) Received: by ti-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id d27so505834tid.3 for ; Thu, 02 Oct 2008 00:31:00 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:date:message-id:to:cc:subject :from:in-reply-to:references:x-mailer:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:sender; bh=qixY+1+cqZUXGKho+21Rb+NZkwnMfsQukhLbBLF4rsc=; b=VRz5ly4GKOKf8oSGZ+VqIf+4kY2J4QNTEKjbjvRBvrkV5bn6o/56S1x960BdKpa4qu rgt/nEmmzdSSmS1pD/Esy1C4IhS/q3SMg2WsnxKdLZKczkS98+1f43a8+d5FiEORD43u ydFEqoioRYHLpZQDyvlu2Z7CC6fCz61Jg/bM4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:message-id:to:cc:subject:from:in-reply-to:references:x-mailer :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:sender; b=aV5HglsNuwj3DEPesvlXeOjrCgd0SSaGpdLLs/XksRidM4gUhF3eARYIiv2wxbt+RQ 9uaM3tdFvtX+r4+KEnVde6HfGSwFHr2KitMlosGYHGJpxvx0ySC8ftQbc73w6TGpzao2 kNVdFnt6mA2zmCN+8mm8hfwnnlxcJ4NnlR34w= Received: by 10.110.5.14 with SMTP id 14mr13494305tie.47.1222932659917; Thu, 02 Oct 2008 00:30:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (rikad85.riken.jp [134.160.214.85]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id u8sm2986557tia.8.2008.10.02.00.30.57 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Thu, 02 Oct 2008 00:30:58 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:30:55 +0900 (JST) Message-Id: <20081002.163055.13751768.chat95@mac.com> To: kmacy@freebsd.org From: Maho NAKATA In-Reply-To: <3c1674c90810012333j5010df12uec5cc6e99e33adf6@mail.gmail.com> References: <20081002.150319.02288267.chat95@mac.com> <3c1674c90810012333j5010df12uec5cc6e99e33adf6@mail.gmail.com> X-Mailer: Mew version 6.1 on Emacs 22.2 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: Maho NAKATA Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, brooks@freebsd.org, shigeta@sci.u-hyogo.ac.jp Subject: Re: Infiniband status? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2008 07:31:02 -0000 Hello Kip Macy Many thanks for your reply. I understand the situation. I'm not disappoint from that :) All the best, From: Kip Macy Subject: Re: Infiniband status? Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2008 06:33:52 +0000 > Hi, > I'm afraid there is currently no IB support in FreeBSD. FreeBSD has an > iwarp driver for Chelsio's 10GigE cards and the kernel / iwarp side of > OFA RDMA stack. To support IB you would need to implement the IB side > of the OFA stack, finish user level RDMA support, and talk one of the > users of IB on FreeBSD (NetApp & Isilon) in to opening up the Mellanox > driver for a recent card. If you're open to the idea of iWARP it would > "just" be a matter of finishing support for user-level RDMA. > > I'm sorry to disappoint. > > Cheers, > Kip > > > On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 6:03 AM, Maho NAKATA wrote: > > Dear Brook Davis, > > (Cc: Prof. Shigeta Yasuteru) > > > > My superior asked me what is the status of Infiniband > > on FreeBSD. My friend, Goto, Daichi told me that you are > > interested in Infiniband implementation > > and some information about what > > you have presented in Asia BSD Con 2007. > > > > According to your presentation, > > http://2007.asiabsdcon.org/papers/P02-paper.pdf > >> 5 Thoughts on Future Clusters > > ... > >> As a result > >> we are considering both InfiniBand and 10Gb Myrinet > >> interconnects. > > > > Great to hear that! > > > > So currently underway and expect for future use? > > > > Any information is greatly appreciated. > > > > Best regards, > > -- Nakata Maho http://accc.riken.jp/maho/ > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > >