Status query: SMB Direct in Samba

[Christopher R. Hertel]

Thanks for the pointer!

Chris -)-----

On 11/26/24 5:01 AM, Ralph Boehme wrote:
> Hi Chris,
> 
> cf https://samba.plus/stf-project
> 
> Cheers!
> -slow
> 
> On 11/25/24 9:24 PM, Christopher R. Hertel via samba-technical wrote:
>> Hi, all.
>>
>> I received an inquiry from a commercial vendor regarding SMB Direct in
>> Samba, so I went digging through the most recent documentation just to see
>> where things stand.
>>
>> I know that Multichannel was moved from Experimental to Enabled-by-default
>> back in 2021 (4.15 release), and that SMB Direct requires Multichannel.  I
>> also found presentations from 2018 through 2020, all about implementation
>> plans.  I didn't find a definitive "it works now" statement regarding SMB
>> Direct, though I see that we detect/support RDMA in the interface code.
>>
>> I poked through the wiki...
>>
>> Do we have an authoritative statement about support for SMB Direct and how
>> it is implemented?  If we do, please hit me with the clue-bat and point me
>> in the right direction.  I'd like to write it up if it hasn't been done
>> already.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Chris -)-----
>>
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