[openib-general] Re: [PATCH] CMA and iWARP

[Grant Grundler]

On Mon, Jan 23, 2006 at 11:10:15AM -0800, Roland Dreier wrote:
> I disagree.  The proposed interface says that accepting a connection
> is completely the responsibility of the low-level driver, with no
> hooks for central policy, bypassing packet filtering, etc, etc.
> That's possibly a legitimate decision but it is a pretty major
> decision as well.

Yes, but we need to start somewhere. Until someone submits
a driver that does all the things you mention, it makes
sense to move forward with what has been proposed to date.

Isn't there a chance the proposed interface is the right approach anyway?
Or does RDMA infrastructure need to directly meddle with NETFILTER?

grant