[openib-general] Re: port_num

[Michael S. Tsirkin]

Quoting r. Sean Hefty <mshefty at ichips.intel.com>:
> Subject: Re: [openib-general] Re: port_num
> 
> Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> >OK, so if we all agree bind with port 0 will select a free one,
> >I'll proceed with this assumption and Sean will code up the IB part,
> >iWarp part won't be a problem when its merged.
> 
> I'm still not sure about what needs to be done.  The CMA when running over 
> IB has a port space that is distinct from the TCP port space.  It's easy 
> enough for the CMA to make up some value, but having that work over all 
> iWarp devices is more challenging.  It's not clear to me how using 
> inet_csk_get_port() helps, since there isn't an actual socket for IB.

How about we get something simple done for now for SDP on IB since that
is still the first user of this functionality?
And then we'll see how to improve from there.

-- 
Michael S. Tsirkin
Staff Engineer, Mellanox Technologies