[openib-general] [RFC] IB address translation using ARP

[Sean Hefty]

Caitlin Bestler wrote:
> No, I think Mike's comment was dead on. Applications want to
> use the existing API. They want to use the existing API even
> when the API is clearly defective. Note that there are several
> generations of host-resolution APIs for the IP world, with the
> earlier ones clearly being heavily inferior (not thread safe,
> not IPv4/IPv6 neutral, etc). But they have not been eliminated.

What existing API are you referring to?  We have SDP to support standard sockets.

- Sean