[ewg] rdma/cm: disallow loopback address for iwarp devices

[Jeff Squyres]

On Feb 8, 2010, at 5:09 PM, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:

>> DESCRIPTION
>>       Associates a source address with an rdma_cm_id.  The  address  may  be
>>       wildcarded.   If  binding  to a specific local address, the rdma_cm_id
>>       will also be bound to a local RDMA device.
> This statement is trying to say that if a source address is given then
> the rdma_cm_id will be bound to a device.

Which device is bound to if you specify 127.0.0.1 as the source address?  (which is what OMPI is doing)  Is it possible to assign 127.0.0.1 to an RDMA device?

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