[ofa-general] Re: tcp/rdma port unification patch in librdmacm

[Steve Wise]

Sean Hefty wrote:
>> Would you reconsider moving the tcp/rdma port unification changes up
>> into librdmacm?  The benefit is that this will resolve the issue in a
>> manner that can flow into the distros and not affect the linux kernel.
>> So librdmacm could, if configured to support this,  just allocate and
>> bind a user socket to reserve the TCP port on behalf of the rdma
>> application.  The code would be similar to the kernel patch...
>>
>> Thoughts?
>>     
>
> This is what I ended up needing to do for Windows (but for other reasons), so
> I'm not against adding this to the library.
>   

I did this too for Chelsio's NetDirect provider...

> I'm undecided on the best way to expose this.  Always enabled?  Enabled during
> the build?  Enabled through a new API?  Other?
>
>   

I think it should be enabled by default to resolve the issue once and 
for all.


Steve.