[openib-general] IPoIB Loading and Starting

Roland Dreier roland at topspin.com
Mon Sep 27 10:13:44 PDT 2004


    Hal> In terms of "all multicast groups", this would be "all
    Hal> multicast groups" for the PKeys configured on this port. In
    Hal> the SA GetTable, the PKey could be wildcarded and the SA
    Hal> would only return those groups for PKeys which are configured
    Hal> for the port.

I don't think this is the case.  If I read section 15.4.1 of the IB
spec correctly, the SA will return all multicast groups.

    Hal> In terms of IPoIB GID format, this would check for the IPv4
    Hal> or IPv6 signature depending on the IP interface type.

Not sure what this means ??  IP interfaces don't have a type that I
know of.

 - Roland



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