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From: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
To: Sudeep Dutt <sudeep.dutt@intel.com>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>,
	"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>,
	Rob Landley <rob@landley.net>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org,
	linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, Nikhil Rao <nikhil.rao@intel.com>,
	Ashutosh Dixit <ashutosh.dixit@intel.com>,
	Caz Yokoyama <Caz.Yokoyama@intel.com>,
	Dasaratharaman Chandramouli 
	<dasaratharaman.chandramouli@intel.com>,
	Harshavardhan R Kharche <harshavardhan.r.kharche@intel.com>,
	"Yaozu (Eddie) Dong" <eddie.dong@intel.com>,
	Peter P Waskiewicz Jr <peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5] Enable Drivers for Intel MIC X100 Coprocessors.
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2013 14:43:11 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130813124311.GA18426@amd.pavel.ucw.cz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1374717252.git.sudeep.dutt@intel.com>

Hi!

> Since it is a PCIe card, it does not have the ability to host hardware
> devices for networking, storage and console. We provide these devices
> on X100 coprocessors thus enabling a self-bootable equivalent environment
> for applications. A key benefit of our solution is that it leverages
> the standard virtio framework for network, disk and console devices,
> though in our case the virtio framework is used across a PCIe bus.

Interesting...

>  Documentation/mic/mic_overview.txt   |   48 +
>  Documentation/mic/mpssd/.gitignore   |    1 +
>  Documentation/mic/mpssd/Makefile     |   20 +
>  Documentation/mic/mpssd/micctrl      |  157 +++
>  Documentation/mic/mpssd/mpss         |  246 +++++
>  Documentation/mic/mpssd/mpssd.c      | 1732 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  Documentation/mic/mpssd/mpssd.h      |  105 +++
>  Documentation/mic/mpssd/sysfs.c      |  108 +++
>  drivers/misc/Kconfig                 |    1 +
>  drivers/misc/Makefile                |    1 +
>  drivers/misc/mic/Kconfig             |   56 ++
>  drivers/misc/mic/Makefile            |    6 +
>  drivers/misc/mic/card/Makefile       |   11 +
>  drivers/misc/mic/card/mic_common.h   |   43 +
>  drivers/misc/mic/card/mic_debugfs.c  |  139 +++
>  drivers/misc/mic/card/mic_debugfs.h  |   40 +
>  drivers/misc/mic/card/mic_device.c   |  311 ++++++
>  drivers/misc/mic/card/mic_device.h   |  106 +++
>  drivers/misc/mic/card/mic_virtio.c   |  643 +++++++++++++
>  drivers/misc/mic/card/mic_virtio.h   |   79 ++
>  drivers/misc/mic/card/mic_x100.c     |  253 +++++
>  drivers/misc/mic/card/mic_x100.h     |   53 ++
>  drivers/misc/mic/common/mic_device.h |   85 ++
>  drivers/misc/mic/host/Makefile       |   13 +
>  drivers/misc/mic/host/mic_boot.c     |  181 ++++

So... there are basically separate computers running on PCIe card
plugged into host computer, right?

Maybe we should have something more promintent than drivers/misc for
this, then? Like drivers/multicomputer?

									Pavel

-- 
(english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek
(cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html

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From: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
To: Sudeep Dutt <sudeep.dutt@intel.com>
Cc: Peter P Waskiewicz Jr <peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@intel.com>,
	"Yaozu (Eddie) Dong" <eddie.dong@intel.com>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>,
	"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
	linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org,
	Ashutosh Dixit <ashutosh.dixit@intel.com>,
	Rob Landley <rob@landley.net>,
	Harshavardhan R Kharche <harshavardhan.r.kharche@intel.com>,
	Caz Yokoyama <Caz.Yokoyama@intel.com>,
	Dasaratharaman Chandramouli
	<dasaratharaman.chandramouli@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5] Enable Drivers for Intel MIC X100 Coprocessors.
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2013 14:43:11 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130813124311.GA18426@amd.pavel.ucw.cz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1374717252.git.sudeep.dutt@intel.com>

Hi!

> Since it is a PCIe card, it does not have the ability to host hardware
> devices for networking, storage and console. We provide these devices
> on X100 coprocessors thus enabling a self-bootable equivalent environment
> for applications. A key benefit of our solution is that it leverages
> the standard virtio framework for network, disk and console devices,
> though in our case the virtio framework is used across a PCIe bus.

Interesting...

>  Documentation/mic/mic_overview.txt   |   48 +
>  Documentation/mic/mpssd/.gitignore   |    1 +
>  Documentation/mic/mpssd/Makefile     |   20 +
>  Documentation/mic/mpssd/micctrl      |  157 +++
>  Documentation/mic/mpssd/mpss         |  246 +++++
>  Documentation/mic/mpssd/mpssd.c      | 1732 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  Documentation/mic/mpssd/mpssd.h      |  105 +++
>  Documentation/mic/mpssd/sysfs.c      |  108 +++
>  drivers/misc/Kconfig                 |    1 +
>  drivers/misc/Makefile                |    1 +
>  drivers/misc/mic/Kconfig             |   56 ++
>  drivers/misc/mic/Makefile            |    6 +
>  drivers/misc/mic/card/Makefile       |   11 +
>  drivers/misc/mic/card/mic_common.h   |   43 +
>  drivers/misc/mic/card/mic_debugfs.c  |  139 +++
>  drivers/misc/mic/card/mic_debugfs.h  |   40 +
>  drivers/misc/mic/card/mic_device.c   |  311 ++++++
>  drivers/misc/mic/card/mic_device.h   |  106 +++
>  drivers/misc/mic/card/mic_virtio.c   |  643 +++++++++++++
>  drivers/misc/mic/card/mic_virtio.h   |   79 ++
>  drivers/misc/mic/card/mic_x100.c     |  253 +++++
>  drivers/misc/mic/card/mic_x100.h     |   53 ++
>  drivers/misc/mic/common/mic_device.h |   85 ++
>  drivers/misc/mic/host/Makefile       |   13 +
>  drivers/misc/mic/host/mic_boot.c     |  181 ++++

So... there are basically separate computers running on PCIe card
plugged into host computer, right?

Maybe we should have something more promintent than drivers/misc for
this, then? Like drivers/multicomputer?

									Pavel

-- 
(english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek
(cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html

  parent reply	other threads:[~2013-08-13 12:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 54+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-07-25  3:31 [PATCH 0/5] Enable Drivers for Intel MIC X100 Coprocessors Sudeep Dutt
2013-07-25  3:31 ` [PATCH 1/5] Intel MIC Host Driver for X100 family Sudeep Dutt
2013-08-01  1:44   ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2013-08-01  1:44     ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2013-08-01  1:45   ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2013-08-01  1:45     ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2013-08-02  0:38     ` Sudeep Dutt
2013-08-02  0:38       ` Sudeep Dutt
2013-08-01  1:51   ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2013-08-01  1:51     ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2013-08-02  0:36     ` Sudeep Dutt
2013-08-02  0:36     ` Sudeep Dutt
2013-08-02  0:46       ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2013-08-02  0:46         ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2013-07-25  3:31 ` Sudeep Dutt
2013-07-25  3:31 ` [PATCH 2/5] Intel MIC Card " Sudeep Dutt
2013-07-25  3:31 ` Sudeep Dutt
2013-07-25  3:31 ` [PATCH 3/5] Intel MIC Host Driver Changes for Virtio Devices Sudeep Dutt
2013-07-25  3:31 ` Sudeep Dutt
2013-07-29  7:05   ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2013-07-29  7:05     ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2013-08-02  0:40     ` Sudeep Dutt
2013-08-02  0:40       ` Sudeep Dutt
2013-08-06  3:47       ` Rusty Russell
2013-08-06  3:47       ` Rusty Russell
2013-07-25  3:31 ` [PATCH 4/5] Intel MIC Card " Sudeep Dutt
2013-07-25  4:41   ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2013-07-25  4:41     ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2013-07-25 18:00     ` Sudeep Dutt
2013-07-25 18:00     ` Sudeep Dutt
2013-07-29  1:58   ` Rusty Russell
2013-07-29  1:58   ` Rusty Russell
2013-07-25  3:31 ` Sudeep Dutt
2013-07-25  3:31 ` [PATCH 5/5] Sample Implementation of Intel MIC User Space Daemon Sudeep Dutt
2013-07-25  3:31 ` Sudeep Dutt
2013-08-01  1:46 ` [PATCH 0/5] Enable Drivers for Intel MIC X100 Coprocessors Greg Kroah-Hartman
2013-08-01  1:46 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2013-08-01  7:45   ` Asias He
2013-08-01  7:45     ` Asias He
2013-08-02  0:37     ` Sudeep Dutt
2013-08-02  0:37     ` Sudeep Dutt
2013-08-02  0:34   ` Sudeep Dutt
2013-08-02  0:34     ` Sudeep Dutt
2013-08-13 12:43 ` Pavel Machek [this message]
2013-08-13 12:43   ` Pavel Machek
2013-08-14 20:24   ` Sudeep Dutt
2013-08-14 20:24     ` Sudeep Dutt
2013-08-15 10:14     ` Pavel Machek
2013-08-15 10:14     ` Pavel Machek
2013-08-16 16:59       ` Sudeep Dutt
2013-08-16 17:08         ` Waskiewicz Jr, Peter P
2013-08-16 17:08         ` Waskiewicz Jr, Peter P
2013-08-16 16:59       ` Sudeep Dutt
2013-07-25  3:31 Sudeep Dutt

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