Re: ES-API

2006-03-21 Thread Mark Butler
async poll(), etc. > >It's a new bullshit standard from the crackmonkeyes at the opengroups >interconnect working group that already tried to push idiocies like RNICPI >onto us. I already told them that they're on crack but they don't care. >It's never going to

Re: ES-API?

2006-03-14 Thread Evgeniy Polyakov
On Tue, Mar 14, 2006 at 04:51:42PM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > >Ugh... > >So people can find the ways to connect kernelspace event queue and > >asynchronous networking operations with object-oriented design patterns? > > >It's time to me to have a step forward from stone

Re: ES-API?

2006-03-14 Thread Iain . Hanson
>Ugh... >So people can find the ways to connect kernelspace event queue and >asynchronous networking operations with object-oriented design patterns? >It's time to me to have a step forward from stone age... yep ;-). >Could you please provide a link, it would be nice to read this discussion. H

Re: ES-API?

2006-03-14 Thread Robert Iakobashvili
See the links below. On 3/14/06, Evgeniy Polyakov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > So, while commercial Unix vendors create rocket-science-capable API, > > > Linux just implements the core. > > Your patches have been recently discussed on ACE mail list > > regarding future support of linux kern

Re: ES-API?

2006-03-14 Thread Evgeniy Polyakov
On Tue, Mar 14, 2006 at 05:48:41PM +0200, Robert Iakobashvili ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Evgeniy, > > > >There are some stuff already implemented and presented in netdev@, > > unfortunately it did not get much attention and feedback. > > > > Queue of events used for socket operations: > > http

Re: ES-API?

2006-03-14 Thread Robert Iakobashvili
Evgeniy, >There are some stuff already implemented and presented in netdev@, > unfortunately it did not get much attention and feedback. > > Queue of events used for socket operations: > http://tservice.net.ru/~s0mbre/old/?section=projects&item=kevent > http://lwn.net/Articles/171317/ > http://ma

Re: ES-API?

2006-03-14 Thread Christoph Hellwig
On Mon, Mar 13, 2006 at 02:25:08PM -0800, Zach Brown wrote: > Hi guys, > > I'm hearing noise about the 'Extended Sockets' API in Oracle. It's an > extension to the socket API put together by an industry group that calls > itself the Interconnect Software Consortium and is working in > partnership

Re: ES-API?

2006-03-14 Thread Evgeniy Polyakov
On Mon, Mar 13, 2006 at 02:25:08PM -0800, Zach Brown ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi guys, Hello Zach. > I'm hearing noise about the 'Extended Sockets' API in Oracle. It's an > extension to the socket API put together by an industry group that calls > itself the Interconnect Software Consortium

Re: ES-API?

2006-03-13 Thread Zach Brown
> Also, the following scares me: > > This specification has not been verified for avoidance of possible > third-party proprietary rights. In implementing this specification, > usual procedures to ensure the respect of possible third-party > intellectual property rights should be followed. Scary,

Re: ES-API?

2006-03-13 Thread Stephen Hemminger
On Mon, 13 Mar 2006 14:25:08 -0800 Zach Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi guys, > > I'm hearing noise about the 'Extended Sockets' API in Oracle. It's an > extension to the socket API put together by an industry group that calls > itself the Interconnect Software Consortium and is working in

Re: ES-API?

2006-03-13 Thread Zach Brown
> Yes, this is how these standard groups try to force a particular > approach to high speed networking down everyone's throats. Yeah, from what I understand there's a lot of RDMA/IB people involved in that ``ICSC'' thing. > I think we'll pass on this stuff. OK, so noted. Thanks. - z - To unsu

Re: ES-API?

2006-03-13 Thread David S. Miller
From: Zach Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 14:25:08 -0800 > The API adds support for things like memory registration, async > operations completed through event queues, "standard" sendfile() and > async poll(), etc. Yes, this is how these standard groups try to force a particular

ES-API?

2006-03-13 Thread Zach Brown
Hi guys, I'm hearing noise about the 'Extended Sockets' API in Oracle. It's an extension to the socket API put together by an industry group that calls itself the Interconnect Software Consortium and is working in partnership with the open group. The API adds support for things like memory regis