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SubjectRE: [Infiniband-general] Getting an Infiniband access layer in theLinux kernel
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Personally, I'm amazed that professional developers have to discuss or
defend modular, portable code.

Once the code has been submitted, then specific implementation problems
can be dealt with.

- Sean


-----Original Message-----
From: Tillier, Fabian [mailto:ftillier@infiniconsys.com]
Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 2:03 PM
To: Chris Friesen; Greg KH
Cc: Randy.Dunlap; Hefty, Sean; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org;
hozer@hozed.org; Woodruff, Robert J; Magro, Bill; woody@jf.intel.com;
infiniband-general@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: RE: [Infiniband-general] Getting an Infiniband access layer in
theLinux kernel

That is absolutely correct. In addition to portability between kernel
versions and operating systems, there is also portability between
user-mode and kernel-mode within a single release.

- Fab

-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Friesen [mailto:cfriesen@nortelnetworks.com]
Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 1:57 PM
To: Greg KH
Cc: Tillier, Fabian; Randy.Dunlap; sean.hefty@intel.com;
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; hozer@hozed.org; woody@co.intel.com;
bill.magro@intel.com; woody@jf.intel.com;
infiniband-general@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [Infiniband-general] Getting an Infiniband access layer in
theLinux kernel

Greg KH wrote:

> Basically, what is lacking in the current kernel locks that the
> infiniband project has to have in order to work properly. We can work
> from there.

I think their point is that they want the core device driver code to be
portable across kernel versions, and across different OS's other than
linux--which basically requires some kind of abstraction layer.

Chris

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