[ofw] RE: [RFC] Remove path query from IPoIB

Fab Tillier ftillier at windows.microsoft.com
Mon Aug 11 11:23:11 PDT 2008


>> An ARP provides the GID, so the GID is the basic addressing token used
>> to lookup endpoints.  The LID in the endpoint is optional, so you can
>> always look up and endpoint by GID, but not always by LID.
>
> Is always sending the GRH, even for unicast packets, a requirement of
> the IPoIB spec?

Not that I'm aware of, but there's nothing in the spec that says the GRH should not be sent.



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