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class=683133121-20122007>What is the difference between ULP not issuing listen
yet vs.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=683133121-20122007>ULP not issuing peer-to-peer connect which does listen
under the cover?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=683133121-20122007>If conn request comes from another side before either
of them</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=683133121-20122007>it will be rejected by CM since nobody is
listening.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=683133121-20122007>Arkady</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=683133121-20122007>P.S. Sean, my appologies.</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 4:29 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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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2><SPAN>Yes.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN>The
question is who issues it?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN>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>Looking
way back at VIPL there was a peer-to-peer model with the API similar to
the</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN>one
which Shane outlines.</SPAN></FONT></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV><BR>If the CM issues the listen its means I can connect to you now only
if you try to connect to me NOW, my understanding is that this is useless
protocol, but I will be happy to hear why I am wrong.<BR><BR>The IB stack co
maintainer name is Sean
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