[openib-general] Re: [PATCH] CMA: allow/require bind beforeconnect

[Roland Dreier]

    Caitlin> From the perspective of any given host, IP addresses are
    Caitlin> unique across all interface devices. A given connection
    Caitlin> can therefore be identified by just the 4-tuple, with no
    Caitlin> need to explicitly state "via this device".

??  On my system here:

# ifconfig

eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:14:C2:3A:AE:36
          inet addr:172.29.224.10  Bcast:172.29.224.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::214:c2ff:fe3a:ae36/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:2709 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:1032 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:1147909 (1.0 MiB)  TX bytes:90343 (88.2 KiB)
          Interrupt:209

eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:14:C2:3A:AE:37
          inet addr:172.29.224.10  Bcast:172.29.224.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
          Interrupt:217