[openib-general] Re: port_num

Roland Dreier rdreier at cisco.com
Wed Mar 15 17:23:20 PST 2006


    Caitlin> I can see how an offload device can share an IP address
    Caitlin> with the host stack and hence need to prevent conflicting
    Caitlin> uses of the TCP port. But how do *two* offload devices
    Caitlin> share the same IP address with each other and/or with the
    Caitlin> host stack?

If one offload device can share an address with the host stack, why
can't I give the same address to another offload device?

 - R.



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