[openib-general] VAPI programming question

[Hal Rosenstock]

mvonwyl at bluewin.ch wrote:
> Until now I made some samples using the vapi where the user must pass
> manually the lid/gid and qp number from one process (sender) to the
> other (receiver). Could anyone write me how to communicate the qp
> number from one part to another (I tried using the gsi but I don't
> think it is a good idea. Using a multicast group is a solution but I
> don't find it elegant)?

SA ServiceRecords would be one solution. The receiver would register its
service
with the SA and the sender would query for that service and obtain the
relevant info
to do a path query to get the rest of the info and then a connect.

-- Hal