[openib-general] mthca and DDR not hidden

Tue Oct 5 09:05:23 PDT 2004

Hello!
Quoting r. Sean Hefty (mshefty at ichips.intel.com) "Re: [openib-general] mthca and DDR not hidden":
> On Tue, 5 Oct 2004 17:34:32 +0200
> "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst at mellanox.co.il> wrote:
> 
> > Hello!
> > Quoting r. Sean Hefty (mshefty at ichips.intel.com) "Re: [openib-general] mthca and DDR not hidden":
> > > Having an allocator routine might force users to perform data copies when sending data.
> > 
> > Well, no one is running MPI over MADs - its for setup and
> > management, anyway.
> 
> I guess I should have been clearer.  I was only refering to data copies when sending MADs.  Obviously, data sent on other QPs would not be affected.
>

Right, thats why another copy shouldnt be such a big deal.

mst