[Linux-cluster] Re: [Announce] Linux kernel Cluster Framework 0.2

[Aneesh Kumar]

On 9/16/06, Aneesh Kumar <aneesh.kumar at gmail.com> wrote:
> This is the 0.2 release of Linux kernel Cluster Framework.
>
> What is LKCF:
> -----------
> LKCF's aim is to provide a transport independent cluster communication
> framework within the kernel. This enables the developers to write
> kernel based cluster services without being worried about
> communication transport. It also support RPC style programming. That
> means to write kernel service one need to write the service definition
> file (<service>.svc>) and the implementation API. LKCF framework will
> generate all the  registration routines and the marshaling code. Also
> it takes care of forwarding the SIGNALs across different nodes.The
> particular service can be called from any node specifying the node at
> which this particular service need to be executed. All the underlying
> management interface is taken care by the LKCF.
>

Attaching the short log below

commit 5cfb96a487d1ca1893c30ca112706a315c492197
Author: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar at gmail.com>

    A simple test case for ICS.

commit 8ebdda8eca87867b1b6123ab08e1e270f419c74a
Author: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar at gmail.com>

    Token facility needed for cluster based synchronization

commit c7214483043dbc1fce194d0ead4be7d30d587dcf
Author: Stan Smith <stan.smith at intel.com>

    ICS over Infiniband verbs work-in-progress.

commit b35812c68c33357335d9acd44ce702f27c87bbc3
Author: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar at gmail.com>

    Internode communication subsystem for Linux.

-aneesh