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

[Michael S. Tsirkin]

Quoting Sean Hefty <mshefty at ichips.intel.com>:
> Subject: Re: [openib-general] Re: [RFC] IB address translation using ARP
> 
> Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> > I'd suggest you also take a look at sdp_link.c - I hear that's where
> > ib_at code came from, and I think it does some things in a better way -
> > such as only keeping device reference around for a short while only.
> 
> Thanks for pointing this out.  I wasn't aware that SDP did a lot of the same 
> things.  The code in ib_at was copied from sdp_link in several places.
> 
> We should make sure that a final solution works well for SDP, as well
> as the CMA.

I agree it might make sense to reuse the ARP and SA query part in SDP.

I suspect the CM related part cant be easily shared between SDP and CMA,
since the CM REQ format and the service record format for SDP are already
set in stone, and are very SDP-specific.

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MST