Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2017 13:08:43 -0700 From: Navdeep Parhar <navdeep@chelsio.com> To: Meny Yossefi <menyy@mellanox.com>, "freebsd-infiniband@freebsd.org" <freebsd-infiniband@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: OFED update based on Linux kernel v4.9 Message-ID: <76db1801-ad69-d4a0-606e-5d3a2c1e56a1@chelsio.com> In-Reply-To: <DB6PR0501MB2021AA68334BFC8027DAAD0BC3C00@DB6PR0501MB2021.eurprd05.prod.outlook.com> References: <DB6PR0501MB2021AA68334BFC8027DAAD0BC3C00@DB6PR0501MB2021.eurprd05.prod.outlook.com>
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We (Chelsio) will update the iWARP parts (iwcm OFED infrastructure, iw_cxgbe driver, userspace libcxgb4) in this projects branch. It will take us around 6 weeks for the overhaul, so it should be ready around end of July '17. Regards, Navdeep On 06/15/2017 06:21, Meny Yossefi wrote: > Hi, > > Enclosed you can find a link to the project with the updated code: > > https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revision&revision=319974 > > Notes: > > * First stage includes kernel side only where user space part is in progress > > * The code includes shared modules only with no vendor drivers > > * Most of the GPL only licensed parts coming from Linux were excluded with one exception of 'cq.c' which was re-implemented from scratch. > The code was tested by our legal department to make sure there is no licensing violation > > Regards, > Meny > > From: Meny Yossefi > Sent: Monday, February 13, 2017 6:47 PM > To: 'freebsd-infiniband@freebsd.org' <freebsd-infiniband@freebsd.org> > Subject: OFED update based on Linux kernel v4.9 > > Hi, > > We (Mellanox) have started working on an OFED stack update based on Linux kernel v4.9 > We've decided to abandon our last update proposal, https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-infiniband/2016-March/000190.html, > based on MLNX OFED v3.2 as it wasn't generic enough. > This update will include changes in both kernel space (ib_core) and user space (libibverbs, librdmacm) with direct effect over vendor drivers. > Important note: Linux kernel v4.9 contains some GPL-only code sections. Those introduce new API towards ULPs and will be excluded in the update process. > > Best regards, > Meny Yossefi | SW Manager | FreeBSD Team > Mellanox Technologies Ltd > Work: +972-74-7129121, Cell: +972-52-8379557 > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-infiniband@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-infiniband > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-infiniband-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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