Re: Infiniband driver

Hi Eli

I apologize for the delay in getting back to you on this.  I have 
applied the patch to my tree and the code built cleanly.  Without the 
hardware, I have no way to test it but that is not an unusual place to 
be unfortunately.

I am only concerned by the sheer number of files added to the 
drivers/net directory (well 26 to be exact).  Does it make sense to make 
a subdirectory (I am not sure what that means for the build scripts though).

I am willing to accept it but I thought I should run it by a few more 
people before I commit it to the CVS.

I assume that you do have permission to release this under the GPL. 
Please reply stating that clearly.  (Can't be too careful these days I 
suppose).

Thanks for your contribution to the Etherboot project.

regards

Tim


Eli Cohen wrote:
> Hi,
> attached is a patch file which provides boot over ib capabilities using
> Mellanox's HCA devices. It supports the following devices:
> MT23108
> MT25208
> MT25218
> MT25204
> 
> The patch is against 5.4.1. As stated before, I would like to make it
> available for the public through Etherboot. Please send any comments you
> may have.
> 
> Thanks
> Eli
> 
> 
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Timothy Legge [mailto:[email protected]]
>>Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2005 7:51 PM
>>To: Eli Cohen; [email protected]
>>Subject: RE: [Etherboot-developers] Infiniband driver
>>
>>
>>Hi Eli
>>
>>The easiest method is to send a patch against 5.4 to the list.  From
>>there someone will review it and look at adding it to the 
>>next release.
>>
>>Tim
>>
>>________________________________________
>>From: [email protected]
>>[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of
>>Eli Cohen
>>Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2005 7:53 AM
>>To: [email protected]
>>Subject: [Etherboot-developers] Infiniband driver
>>
>>Hi, 
>>We have developed a driver for Mellanox's HCA device MT23108. In our
>>plans is a to add support for a second line of devices. This 
>>will allow
>>a host having an HCA to use it for doing remote boot. It is based on
>>Etherboot and we would like to open the source to the public and we
>>would like it to be part of Etherboot. I would like to know 
>>how to move
>>in this direction.
>>Thanks 
>>Eli 
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