On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 02:07:03PM -0700, Paul Grun wrote: > If I might chime in here...I've been working to actively squash the > expression 'IBoE' or any variation that includes IB in the name. The reason > is because the InfiniBand Architecture is defined as a cohesive solution > that includes five layers of the OSI stack. Hence using the expression IBoE > creates unnecessary confusion by implying that RDMAoE includes elements of > IB from the five OSI layers, which is not an accurate description of the > proposal.
I think stuff like this is creating alot of confusion about what the actual intent here is. I've seen your presentations at Sonoma, I've seen the stuff in IBTA - and I still don't know what the proponents of this want. Is this IBoE ala FCoE - in that gateways/routers can exist to create a heterogeneous IB fabric with Ethernet and IB physical transports? Or.. Is this ripping Chapter 9 out of IBA and mixing in a splash of Ethernet to give us something entirely new and different? This is exactly what Eli's patch set has done - and is certainly what the name RDMAoE means to me. Jason _______________________________________________ general mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openfabrics.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/general To unsubscribe, please visit http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general
