M-VIA Documentation

Introduction

This document describes M-VIA, a modular high-performance implementation of the Virtual Interface Architecture , for Linux.

The first section presents an overview of the M-VIA project:

• Section "M-VIA Project Goals" describes the goals of the M-VIA project.
• Section "Web Pages and Mailing Lists" provides various addresses associated with the M-VIA project.

The second section serves as the M-VIA user's manual:

• Section "Installation Guide" discusses how to configure and install M-VIA on your system.
• Section "Usage Guide" discusses the particulars of using M-VIA in an application.
• Section "FAQ" answers frequently-asked-questions about M-VIA.

The third section documents the M-VIA design and implementation:

• Section "M-VIA Design" discusses the high-level design of M-VIA.
• Section "M-VIA Implementation" describes the details of the M-VIA implementation.
• Section "VIA Conformance and Capabilities" documents the current state of M-VIA conformance to the VI Architecture specification and to the Intel VI Architecture Developer's Guide.
• Section "Plans for the Future" describes future M-VIA work.
• Section "Release Notes" provides release notes for each M-VIA release.
• Section "Credits" lists the people who have contributed to the M-VIA project.