nanomsg-transport-ofi (1.0.2b)

Nanomsg transport for interfacing with the OpenFabrics Interfaces (OFI) Library (libfabric).

Known Problems

1. The current version handles only IPV4 address families.
2. The keepalive mechanism is not yet implemented in the current state of the devel branch

How to use

After patching your nanomsg sources, it will make the ofi transport available for use. This endpoint format is ofi://[IP Address]:[Port].

For example, you can test the ofi transport with the nanocat utility that comes with nanomsg.

~$ nanocat --pull --bind ofi://127.0.0.1:5050 -A&
OFI: Using fabric=IP, provider=sockets
~$ nanocat --push --connect ofi://127.0.0.1:5050 -D Hello
OFI: Using fabric=IP, provider=sockets
Hello

How to compile

1. Make sure you have libfabric installed in your system.

2. Download the latest sources of nanonsg:

   wget https://github.com/nanomsg/nanomsg/releases/download/0.8-beta/nanomsg-0.8-beta.tar.gz
   tar -zxf nanomsg-0.8-beta.tar.gz
   NANOMSG_SROUCES=$(pwd)/nanomsg-0.8-beta

3. Check-out nanomsg-transport-ofi:

   git clone https://github.com/wavesoft/nanomsg-transport-ofi.git

4. Patch the sources of nanomsg, using the patch-nanomsg.sh script that comes with this project.

   ./patch-nanomsg.sh $NANOMSG_SROUCES

5. You can now compile nanomsg:

   cd $NANOMSG_SROUCES
   ./configure && make
   sudo make install