Re: [ofa-general] Further 2.6.23 merge plans...

2007-07-18 Thread Sean Hefty
Based on discussions so far, maybe the best path forward from here is to delay until 2.6.24. This will let us add this version to OFED 1.3 for more widespread testing, plus give us the time that we need to come up with a plan to integrate QoS with the local SA. I spoke with Matt on this, and

Re: [ofa-general] Further 2.6.23 merge plans...

2007-07-18 Thread Sean Hefty
We will have a better idea of the issues and possible solutions once the QoS spec is released, and we can hold discussions on it. I will be working more details on QoS enhancements starting in the next couple of weeks. Based on discussions so far, maybe the best path forward from here is to

Re: [ofa-general] Further 2.6.23 merge plans...

2007-07-18 Thread Or Gerlitz
Roland Dreier wrote: > I would like to see these features moved upstream. DOE funded this > work as part of the items we see needing on our large scale IB > deployment (both present and future). So from at least one big customer > perspective we see this as useful. Does your

Re: [ofa-general] Further 2.6.23 merge plans...

2007-07-18 Thread Or Gerlitz
Roland Dreier wrote: I would like to see these features moved upstream. DOE funded this work as part of the items we see needing on our large scale IB deployment (both present and future). So from at least one big customer perspective we see this as useful. Does your reference

Re: [ofa-general] Further 2.6.23 merge plans...

2007-07-18 Thread Sean Hefty
We will have a better idea of the issues and possible solutions once the QoS spec is released, and we can hold discussions on it. I will be working more details on QoS enhancements starting in the next couple of weeks. Based on discussions so far, maybe the best path forward from here is to

Re: [ofa-general] Further 2.6.23 merge plans...

2007-07-18 Thread Sean Hefty
Based on discussions so far, maybe the best path forward from here is to delay until 2.6.24. This will let us add this version to OFED 1.3 for more widespread testing, plus give us the time that we need to come up with a plan to integrate QoS with the local SA. I spoke with Matt on this, and

RE: [ofa-general] Further 2.6.23 merge plans...

2007-07-17 Thread Sean Hefty
>I think this is an important question. If we merge the local SA >stuff, then are we creating a problem for dealing with QoS? Yes - I do believe that merging PR caching and QoS together will be difficult. I don't think the problems are insurmountable, but I can't say that I have a definite

Re: [ofa-general] Further 2.6.23 merge plans...

2007-07-17 Thread Roland Dreier
> > But to be fair, it will be difficult to enable both QoS and local PR > > caching. To me, this would be the strongest reason against using it. > > However, QoS places additional burden on the SA, which will make scaling > > even more challenging. > > my understanding is that the local

Re: [ofa-general] Further 2.6.23 merge plans...

2007-07-17 Thread Matt Leininger
On Tue, 2007-07-17 at 11:07 -0700, Roland Dreier wrote: > > - Take a look at Sean's local SA caching patches. I merged > >everything else from Sean's tree, but I'm still undecided about > >these. I haven't read them carefully yet, but even aside from that > >I don't have a good

Re: [ofa-general] Further 2.6.23 merge plans...

2007-07-17 Thread Roland Dreier
> I would like to see these features moved upstream. DOE funded this > work as part of the items we see needing on our large scale IB > deployment (both present and future). So from at least one big customer > perspective we see this as useful. Does your reference to "present

Re: [ofa-general] Further 2.6.23 merge plans...

2007-07-17 Thread Roland Dreier
> - Take a look at Sean's local SA caching patches. I merged >everything else from Sean's tree, but I'm still undecided about >these. I haven't read them carefully yet, but even aside from that >I don't have a good feeling about whether there's consensus about >this yet.

Re: [ofa-general] Further 2.6.23 merge plans...

2007-07-17 Thread Roland Dreier
- Take a look at Sean's local SA caching patches. I merged everything else from Sean's tree, but I'm still undecided about these. I haven't read them carefully yet, but even aside from that I don't have a good feeling about whether there's consensus about this yet. Any

Re: [ofa-general] Further 2.6.23 merge plans...

2007-07-17 Thread Roland Dreier
I would like to see these features moved upstream. DOE funded this work as part of the items we see needing on our large scale IB deployment (both present and future). So from at least one big customer perspective we see this as useful. Does your reference to present deployment

Re: [ofa-general] Further 2.6.23 merge plans...

2007-07-17 Thread Matt Leininger
On Tue, 2007-07-17 at 11:07 -0700, Roland Dreier wrote: - Take a look at Sean's local SA caching patches. I merged everything else from Sean's tree, but I'm still undecided about these. I haven't read them carefully yet, but even aside from that I don't have a good feeling

Re: [ofa-general] Further 2.6.23 merge plans...

2007-07-17 Thread Roland Dreier
But to be fair, it will be difficult to enable both QoS and local PR caching. To me, this would be the strongest reason against using it. However, QoS places additional burden on the SA, which will make scaling even more challenging. my understanding is that the local sa does a

RE: [ofa-general] Further 2.6.23 merge plans...

2007-07-17 Thread Sean Hefty
I think this is an important question. If we merge the local SA stuff, then are we creating a problem for dealing with QoS? Yes - I do believe that merging PR caching and QoS together will be difficult. I don't think the problems are insurmountable, but I can't say that I have a definite

Re: [ofa-general] Further 2.6.23 merge plans...

2007-07-16 Thread Roland Dreier
> FYI, we are working on several IPoIB performance improvement > patches which are not on the list. Some of the patches are under test, > some of the patches are going to be submitted soon. They are: There is less than a week left in the merge window, and none of these changes has

Re: [ofa-general] Further 2.6.23 merge plans...

2007-07-16 Thread Roland Dreier
> Till when can we insert mlx4 with FMRs? 2.6.22 came out on July 8, so I would expect 2.6.23-rc1 (the end of the merge window) to be July 22. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at

Re: [ofa-general] Further 2.6.23 merge plans...

2007-07-16 Thread Roland Dreier
Till when can we insert mlx4 with FMRs? 2.6.22 came out on July 8, so I would expect 2.6.23-rc1 (the end of the merge window) to be July 22. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-kernel in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at

Re: [ofa-general] Further 2.6.23 merge plans...

2007-07-16 Thread Roland Dreier
FYI, we are working on several IPoIB performance improvement patches which are not on the list. Some of the patches are under test, some of the patches are going to be submitted soon. They are: There is less than a week left in the merge window, and none of these changes has been

Re: [ofa-general] Further 2.6.23 merge plans...

2007-07-15 Thread Tziporet Koren
Roland Dreier wrote: As you can see, I just sent my first 2.6.23 pull request for Linus. There are still a few more things I plan to do in before the merge window closes (in ~10 days): Till when can we insert mlx4 with FMRs? Tziporet - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line

Re: [ofa-general] Further 2.6.23 merge plans...

2007-07-15 Thread Tziporet Koren
Roland Dreier wrote: As you can see, I just sent my first 2.6.23 pull request for Linus. There are still a few more things I plan to do in before the merge window closes (in ~10 days): Till when can we insert mlx4 with FMRs? Tziporet - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line

Re: [ofa-general] Further 2.6.23 merge plans...

2007-07-13 Thread Shirley Ma
Hello Roland, FYI, we are working on several IPoIB performance improvement patches which are not on the list. Some of the patches are under test, some of the patches are going to be submitted soon. They are: 1. skb aggregations for both dev xmit(networking layer) and IPoIB send (it

Re: [ofa-general] Further 2.6.23 merge plans...

2007-07-13 Thread Shirley Ma
Hello Roland, FYI, we are working on several IPoIB performance improvement patches which are not on the list. Some of the patches are under test, some of the patches are going to be submitted soon. They are: 1. skb aggregations for both dev xmit(networking layer) and IPoIB send (it

Re: [ofa-general] Further 2.6.23 merge plans...

2007-07-12 Thread Sean Hefty
- Take a look at Sean's local SA caching patches. I merged everything else from Sean's tree, but I'm still undecided about these. I haven't read them carefully yet, but even aside from that I don't have a good feeling about whether there's consensus about this yet. Any opinions

Re: [ofa-general] Further 2.6.23 merge plans...

2007-07-12 Thread Hal Rosenstock
On Thu, 2007-07-12 at 19:15, Roland Dreier wrote: > As you can see, I just sent my first 2.6.23 pull request for Linus. > There are still a few more things I plan to do in before the merge > window closes (in ~10 days): > > - Write a patch to add P_Key handling to user_mad in the way we >

Re: [ofa-general] Further 2.6.23 merge plans...

2007-07-12 Thread Hal Rosenstock
On Thu, 2007-07-12 at 19:15, Roland Dreier wrote: As you can see, I just sent my first 2.6.23 pull request for Linus. There are still a few more things I plan to do in before the merge window closes (in ~10 days): - Write a patch to add P_Key handling to user_mad in the way we discussed

Re: [ofa-general] Further 2.6.23 merge plans...

2007-07-12 Thread Sean Hefty
- Take a look at Sean's local SA caching patches. I merged everything else from Sean's tree, but I'm still undecided about these. I haven't read them carefully yet, but even aside from that I don't have a good feeling about whether there's consensus about this yet. Any opinions