RE: [Infiniband-general] Getting an Infiniband access layer in theLinux kernel

[Woodruff, Robert J]

On Sunday, February 08, 2004 8:30 AM, Greg KH wrote, 
>Why do you want to run your code in both places?  Does this mean that
it doesn't even really >need to be in the kernel as it works just fine
in userspace?

The reason the Access Layer runs in both kernel and user space is to
support
both kernel and user-mode infiniband clients. For example, in kernel
mode a 
SCSI (SRP) or IPoIB driver would use the Access Layer services. In user
space, a
middleware library, such as DAPL, would use the user-mode access layer
to 
access the infiniband fabric. 

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