NAME

       fi_rstream - The Rstream Fabric Provider

OVERVIEW

       The  rstream provider supports stream messaging over message based RMA.  It maps stream to message over a
       core RMA-based OFI provider.  Only Endpoints and EQs are needed for connection  start-up  and  messaging.
       Unlike other OFI providers, rstream does not support CQs or memory registration of any kind.  In order to
       asynchronously wait for a completion (cm/msg), one can use fi_control on the endpoint/eq to get an fd  to
       use  in  a poll call.  For messaging completions, use FI_PEEK on send/recv after poll to see what type of
       transaction has transpired.

SUPPORTED FEATURES

       The rstream provider currently supports FI_MSG capabilities.

       Endpoint types
              The provider supports only endpoint type FI_EP_SOCK_STREAM.

       Endpoint capabilities : The following data transfer interface is supported: fi_msg.

       Modes  The provider does not require the use of any mode bits but supports core  providers  that  require
              FI_CONTEXT and FI_RX_CQ_DATA.

       Progress
              The rstream provider only supports FI_PROGRESS_MANUAL.

       Threading Model
              The provider supports FI_THREAD_SAFE

       Verbs-iWarp
              The  provider has added features to enable iWarp.  To use this feature, the ep protocol iWarp must
              be requested in an fi_getinfo call.

LIMITATIONS

       The rstream provider is experimental and lacks performance validation and extensive testing.   The  iWarp
       protocol  may  need extra initialization work to re-enable.  Currently the rstream provider is used to by
       the rsockets-OFI library as a ULP and hooks into the core provider verbs.  It is not  interoperable  with
       the  previous  rsockets(v1) protocol.  There are default settings that limit the message stream (provider
       memory region size and CQ size).  These can be modified by fi_setopt.

SETTINGS

       The rstream provider settings can be modified via fi_setopt on the endpoint (FI_OPT_ENDPOINT) along  with
       the following parameters:

       FI_OPT_SEND_BUF_SIZE
              Size of the send buffer.  Default is 32KB.

       FI_OPT_RECV_BUF_SIZE
              Size of the recv buffer.  Default is 32KB.

       FI_OPT_TX_SIZE
              Size of the send queue.  Default is 384.

       FI_OPT_RX_SIZE
              Size of the recv queue.  Default is 384.

OFI EXTENSIONS

       The  rstream  provider  has  extended the current OFI API set in order to enable a user implementation of
       Poll.  Specifically sendmsg(FI_PEEK) is supported which replicates the behavior of  the  recvmsg(FI_PEEK)
       feature.

SEE ALSO

       fabric(7), fi_provider(7), fi_getinfo(3)

AUTHORS

       OpenFabrics.