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

Fri Oct 8 17:57:22 PDT 2004

Roland Dreier wrote:
> As for IP, as far as I know, there has been no change to any of the
> bylaws or other members agreements.  If there is some specific
> provision that concerns you, please bring it to our attention -- the
> IBTA in general and the IBTA steering committee in general have been
> very supportive of the OpenIB effort.  In fact, most of the IBTA
> steering commitee companies (Agilent, HP, IBM, InfiniCon, Intel,
> Mellanox, Sun, Topspin, and Voltaire) have been active participants in
> OpenIB development.  I would hope we can resolve any issues relating
> to open source and the Linux kernel.

Read the member agreement :)  It -explicitly- does -not- require waiving 
of patent claims related to any implementation of IB.

That's different from ATA, SCSI, USB, the list goes on...

        Jeff