Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 13 Aug 2013 14:43:11 +0200 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 0/5] Enable Drivers for Intel MIC X100 Coprocessors. |
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Hi!
> Since it is a PCIe card, it does not have the ability to host hardware > devices for networking, storage and console. We provide these devices > on X100 coprocessors thus enabling a self-bootable equivalent environment > for applications. A key benefit of our solution is that it leverages > the standard virtio framework for network, disk and console devices, > though in our case the virtio framework is used across a PCIe bus.
Interesting...
> Documentation/mic/mic_overview.txt | 48 + > Documentation/mic/mpssd/.gitignore | 1 + > Documentation/mic/mpssd/Makefile | 20 + > Documentation/mic/mpssd/micctrl | 157 +++ > Documentation/mic/mpssd/mpss | 246 +++++ > Documentation/mic/mpssd/mpssd.c | 1732 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Documentation/mic/mpssd/mpssd.h | 105 +++ > Documentation/mic/mpssd/sysfs.c | 108 +++ > drivers/misc/Kconfig | 1 + > drivers/misc/Makefile | 1 + > drivers/misc/mic/Kconfig | 56 ++ > drivers/misc/mic/Makefile | 6 + > drivers/misc/mic/card/Makefile | 11 + > drivers/misc/mic/card/mic_common.h | 43 + > drivers/misc/mic/card/mic_debugfs.c | 139 +++ > drivers/misc/mic/card/mic_debugfs.h | 40 + > drivers/misc/mic/card/mic_device.c | 311 ++++++ > drivers/misc/mic/card/mic_device.h | 106 +++ > drivers/misc/mic/card/mic_virtio.c | 643 +++++++++++++ > drivers/misc/mic/card/mic_virtio.h | 79 ++ > drivers/misc/mic/card/mic_x100.c | 253 +++++ > drivers/misc/mic/card/mic_x100.h | 53 ++ > drivers/misc/mic/common/mic_device.h | 85 ++ > drivers/misc/mic/host/Makefile | 13 + > drivers/misc/mic/host/mic_boot.c | 181 ++++
So... there are basically separate computers running on PCIe card plugged into host computer, right?
Maybe we should have something more promintent than drivers/misc for this, then? Like drivers/multicomputer?
Pavel
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