[openib-general] [PATCH][iWARP] Added provider CM verbs and query provider methods

[Roland Dreier]

    Tom> RNIC Verbs imply that the modify qp verb takes a handle to a
    Tom> connection -- presumably a socket. This CAN'T be done on
    Tom> Linux in any fashion that is acceptable to the netdev
    Tom> crowd. SOOO we modeled this after DAPL.  Trust me, I would
    Tom> LOVE to be able to establish the connection using bind,
    Tom> listen, etc..., query the Linux connection state and then
    Tom> pass this down to the qp modify verb...but I can't.

Let's not be too quick to say that this is impossible.  I think we
should work with the Linux networking community and come up with the
right answer, and not accept a bad solution just because it lets us go
around the networking people.

Has there been any real discussion of this on netdev?

 - R.