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class=497194616-27052005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2> </FONT></SPAN><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>With respect
to the kernel based TCP stack, what is not needed is</FONT> <BR><FONT
face=sans-serif size=2>a hack into the stack and scatter/gather state
information of the live</FONT> <BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>TCP connection
between kernel and RNIC, but to find one clean interface</FONT> <BR><FONT
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class=497194616-27052005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Agreed that is an
OS-specific service that should not be
implemented in</FONT></SPAN></TT></DIV>
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class=497194616-27052005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>a device
dependent way by each hardware vendor. But the
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<DIV dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" align=left><TT><SPAN
class=497194616-27052005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>extracted from
the kernel IP stack cannot be encoded as though it</FONT></SPAN></TT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" align=left><TT><SPAN
class=497194616-27052005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>came from an
InfiniBand CM.</FONT></SPAN></TT></DIV>
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