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

Roland Dreier roland at topspin.com
Thu Nov 18 13:25:44 PST 2004


    Hal> Although IB has a special join mode intended to support IP
    Hal> multicast routing (non member), as no means to identify
    Hal> different multicast styles has yet been determined, all joins
    Hal> are currently full member. We are looking for guidance in how
    Hal> to solve this.

OK, added to to my patches.

    Hal> One more thing: Do we also want to say something about no SM
    Hal> right now ? Or is that putting a cosmic kick me sign on ?

As far as I know the SM is now purely a userspace issue -- we have
enough kernel support to run the SM.  It's probably worth mentioning
that OpenSM porting still needs to be done (has anyone started?).

 - Roland





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