[openib-general] RDMA connection and address translation API

[Yaron Haviv]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sean Hefty [mailto:sean.hefty at intel.com]
> Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2005 2:37 PM
> To: 'James Lentini'; Yaron Haviv
> Cc: openib-general at openib.org
> Subject: RE: [openib-general] RDMA connection and address translation
API
> 
> >> Any way providing src/dst IPs in the CM Private data is simple, and
we
> >> can come with IBTA extension blessing that data structure as a
general
> >> way to map IP oriented protocols over IB (a 1-2 page draft at the
most)
> >> This way it can also address Caitlin concerns regarding NFS & IETF
> >> (since now it's a transport specific issue)
> >
> >How long do you estimate it would take to standardize an IP<->GID
> >mechanism (ATS, CM embedded, ...) in the IBTA? 3 months? 6 months? A
> >year?....
> >
> >Let's assume that everyone on this list is in agreement.
> 
> Does anyone in the IB world disagree with adding IP addresses in the
CM
> private
> data area?  Would we want to extend this concept to SIDR as well?
> 
> - Sean

I send my proposal from 2004 re-send again as text (attached)
Also addresses the ServiceID issue, this can be a baseline for
discussions
Feel free to change 

Yaron

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