[ewg] Re: [ofa-general] Re: [PATCH] Request For Comments:

[Steve Wise]

Here is the thread where we discussed how to implement peer-to-peer for 
iWARP in Nov/2007:

http://lists.openfabrics.org/pipermail/general/2007-November/043252.html



Steve Wise wrote:
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>
> From RFC 5044, section 7.1.2 "Connection Startup Rules", Page 29:
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> 4.  MPA Responder mode implementations MUST receive and validate at
>       least one FPDU before sending any FPDUs or Markers.
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>       Note: This requirement is present to allow the Initiator time to
>           get its receiver into Full Operation before an FPDU arrives,
>           avoiding potential race conditions at the Initiator.  This
>           was also subject to some debate in the work group before
>           rough consensus was reached.  Eliminating this requirement
>           would allow faster startup in some types of applications.
>           However, that would also make certain implementations
>           (particularly "dual stack") much harder.
>