Messages in this thread |  | | | Subject | Re: [openib-general] InfiniBand incompatible with the Linux kernel? | | From | (Eric W. Biederman) | | Date | 08 Oct 2004 16:49:16 -0600 |
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Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> writes:
> [2] Sure, any person who has a copy of the kernel source tree could be a > target for any of a zillion other potential claims, nothing new there, > but the point here is they are explicitly stating that they will go > after non-IBTA members who touch IB code[3].
Greg I see nothing to back up the idea that IBTA intends to go after non-members. I simply see a disclaimer of warranty, and I see wording by your anonymous source that restates a disclaimer of warranty.
Until I see something more to back this up I do not see a problem. In fact I see infiniband prices dropping, and competition increasing. The drivers off of openib.org look like they are a good start at making a sane linux implementation.
Even the PCI-SIG requires you to pay for the spec.
I agree it would be suicidally insane for the infiniband trade association to go after a linux stack, as it appears that a large portion of the infiniband users are currently running linux.
Given the vendors I have seen working on hardware and the vendors who are a part of the infiniband trade association there does appear to be a certain amount of disconnect between the two. So this may be an attempt to bring all of the interested parties together.
Eric
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