1. Feature Overview:
Feature Id: [73770]
a. Name of Feature: Pick up SDP from OFED
b. Feature Description

Pick up SDP (Sockets Direct Protocol) from relevant OFED release

2. Feature Details:
Sponsor: LTC
Architectures:  ppc64, x86, x86_64, 

Arch Specificity: purely common code
Affects Kernel Modules: Yes
Delivery Mechanism: Direct from Community
Category: device driver
Request Type: Driver - Feature from Vendor
d. Upstream Acceptance: Submitted
Sponsor Priority P3
f. Severity: normal
IBM Confidential: No
Code Contribution: 3rd party code
g. Component Version Target: ---

3. Business Case
Several customers want to use SDP. SDP provides existing socket applications to be used as is, or with minimal changes and also gain performance advantages through in-kernel RDMA.

This becomes even more important in a virtual environment, as performance would be critical factor.

4. Primary contact at Red Hat:
John Jarvis, jjarvis@redhat.com

5. Primary contacts at Partner:
Project Management Contact:
Michael L. Hohnbaum, hbaum@us.ibm.com

Technical contact(s):
Pradeep Satyanarayana, pradeep@us.ibm.com