Re: [openib-general] InfiniBand incompatible with the Linux kernel?

From: Troy Benjegerdes
Date: Fri Oct 22 2004 - 19:08:44 EST


Well, fortunately this has turned out to be a non-issue.

I just went to www.infinibandta.org and the 1.2 spec is available for download.

http://www.infinibandta.org/specs/register/publicspec/vol1r1_2.zip
http://www.infinibandta.org/specs/register/publicspec/vol2r1_2.zip

Roland Dreier wrote:

Roland> it's orthogonal to any IP issues. Since the Linux kernel
Roland> contains a lot of code written to specs available only
Roland> under NDA (and even reverse-engineered code where specs
Roland> are completely unavailable), I don't think the expense
Roland> should be an issue.

Francois> One can say good bye to peer review.

Yes and no. Certainly people without specs can't review spec
compliance, but review for coding style, locking bugs, etc. is if
anything more valuable.

Thanks,
Roland
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