[openib-general] IPoIB Loading and Starting

[Roland Dreier]

    Michael> It was not specified due to the lack of standards for
    Michael> higher-level service management which partitioning is
    Michael> classified.  Given there is an OpenSM effort in flight
    Michael> and the Service ID spec is already in existence, it isn't
    Michael> that tough to acquire an IP service ID (or any other
    Michael> protocol that one wants to support) and implement a
    Michael> solution along the lines that I describe above.  This
    Michael> would lead to a more dynamic environment while reducing
    Michael> the impact to the administrator.

This scheme might indeed be reasonable.  However, given the absence of
an IBTA spec or IETF draft, I don't see how we can rely on it in our
IPoIB driver right now.

Thanks,
  Roland