[openib-general] *****SPAM***** [PATCH][RFC/v1][6/12] Add IPoIB (IP-over-InfiniBand) driver

Roland Dreier roland at topspin.com
Thu Nov 18 11:55:33 PST 2004


    Hal> Is it also worth pointing out about multicast vis a vis IB ?

I didn't think so, because having to join a multicast group with the
SA is conceptually similar to having to program a multicast hash table
for an ethernet NIC or something like that.  So I don't think we have
the sort of layering violation that we have for ARP -- the kernel
already expects the driver to have to do something driver-specific to
handle multicast.

On the other hand, if you have some suggested verbiage, I'm happy to
include it.

 - R.




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