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class=846112121-20122007>Yes.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=846112121-20122007>The question is who issues it?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=846112121-20122007>It can be done by the CM and not
ULP.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=846112121-20122007>Looking way back at VIPL there was a peer-to-peer model
with the API similar to the</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=846112121-20122007>one which Shane outlines.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> Or Gerlitz [mailto:or.gerlitz@gmail.com]
<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, December 20, 2007 4:17 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Kanevsky,
Arkady<BR><B>Cc:</B> OpenFabrics General<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [ofa-general]
peer to peer connections support<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>On 12/20/07, <B class=gmail_sendername>Kanevsky, Arkady</B> <<A
href="mailto:Arkady.Kanevsky@netapp.com">Arkady.Kanevsky@netapp.com</A>>
wrote:
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style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid">SO
in a nutshell the proposal is to add some identifier into "CM private data"
which indicate that it is peer-to-peer model, and unique peers IDs for the
requested connection.<BR>Is this the model?<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR>For the
time being, I try to understand if in the peer to peer model both sides issue
a listen before connecting or not. Without this listen the peer-to-peer does
not seems usable to me, what's your understanding of the
spec?<BR><BR>Or.<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>