[openib-general] TCP/IP connection service over IB

[Fab Tillier]

> From: James Lentini [mailto:jlentini at netapp.com]
> Sent: Friday, October 21, 2005 12:38 PM
> 
> On Fri, 21 Oct 2005, Sean Hefty wrote:
> 
> > > sean> version(8) | reserved(8) | src port (16)
> > 	version(1) | reserved(1) | src port (2)
> > > sean> src ip (16)
> > > sean> dst ip (16)
> > > sean> user private data (56)		/* for version 1 */
> > >
> > > Are the numbers in parens in bytes or bits? It looks like a mixture to me.
> >
> > Uhm.. they were a mix.  Changed above to bytes.
> 
> Ok. I assume that your 1 byte of version information is broken into 2
> 4-bit pieces, one for the protocol version and one for the IP version.

Doesn't leading-zero-padding the IPv4 addresses to be 16 bytes eliminates the
need for an IP version field?

- Fab