[openib-general] Re: RDMA Generic Connection Management

[Roland Dreier]

    Thomas> Are you telling us that RPC/RDMA (for example) has to
    Thomas> handle hotplug events just to use IB? Isn't that the job
    Thomas> of a lower layer? NFS/Sockets don't have to deal with
    Thomas> these, f'rinstance.

Yes, if you want to talk directly to the device then you have to make
sure that the device is still there to talk to.

 - R.