Re: [RFC PATCH net-next v5 0/9] net/smc: Introduce SMC-D-based OS internal communication acceleration

[Wen Gu]

On 2023/5/10 17:56, Jan Karcher wrote:

> On 10/05/2023 04:02, Wen Gu wrote:
> > Hi Wenjia & Jan:
> >
> > Does this version work fine on your platform?
> >
> > And any comments on this version? :)
>
> Hi Wen Gu,
>
> as background for the others: IBM & Alibaba are having calls regarding SMC since Alibaba shows a lot of interest and 
> there is a lot to discuss (as you may have noticed).
>
> As we have agreed in our calls, the information shared about SMC-D in specific doesn't make it easy to understand the 
> underlying concepts (e.g. role of GID, EIDs, DMB tokens, etc.).
> That's why one of the next calls is dedicated to explain some of the concepts in depth to you and see where we can 
> improve our flow of information to the community in the future.
> After that we can go over this RFC with a shared understanding of the concepts.
>
> Thank you
> - Jan

OK, Jan, Let's follow this plan and thank you for organizing this.

Thanks,
Wen Gu