[openib-general] [RFC] [PATCH 2/7] ib_multicast 2.6.20: add ib_multicast module to track join requests from the same port

Roland Dreier rdreier at cisco.com
Wed Oct 11 14:00:02 PDT 2006


    Eitan> If the tracking (ref counting) was done at the MAD level -
    Eitan> no change to IPoIB would have been required ...

It doesn't seem very feasible to implement a complete local copy of
the SA (in the kernel no less) so that we can allow unprivileged
processes to send on QP1.

 - R.




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