[openib-general] Re: RDMA Generic Connection Management

[Caitlin Bestler]

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> [mailto:openib-general-bounces at openib.org] On Behalf Of 
> Michael S. Tsirkin
> Sent: Monday, August 29, 2005 1:19 PM
> To: Roland Dreier
> Cc: openib-general at openib.org
> Subject: [openib-general] Re: RDMA Generic Connection Management
> 

> 
> I think that yes:
> APM might be one good reason to want to get more than one 
> path, would it not?
> 

But you would have to define automatic path migration in
generic/transport neutral terms. I've actually come up with
some definitions that are inclusive of IB and SCTP, but a
definition of Automatic Path Migration that includes TCP
isn't going to be very meaningul since the migration of
a TCP connection occurs one layer lower than for IB.

If APM can only be defined for IB then it does not have
to be addressed in the generic interface.