[openib-general][RFC]: CMA IB implementation

[Michael S. Tsirkin]

Quoting Sean Hefty <mshefty at ichips.intel.com>:
> Subject: Re: [openib-general][RFC]: CMA IB implementation
> 
> Roland Dreier wrote:
> >     Guy> But the main question is: does openib wants to support ATS
> >     Guy> arp ? do we also want to support ATS
> >     Guy> registration/deregistration ?  openib can support, for
> >     Guy> example, only the ATS arp and rely on the openib-less targets
> >     Guy> to do their own registrations.
> > 
> > I would certainly prefer to forget all about ATS in every form.
> 
> That is my preference as well.  I believe that we want to support address 
> translation using ARP, but not ATS as defined by SA service registration and 
> queries.
> 
> - Sean

BTW, one idea of mine that some people apparently were interested in,
is adding an option to do ARP resolution on the passive side after REQ is
received, as a weak security measure.

Is there still interest in that?



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