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

[Tom Tucker]

Yes. I guess it's not obvious that the topics are related. Since  
our RDMA transport runs on top of TCP and since the RDMAC verbs 
spec requires that we have an LLP Handle (socket), we are dependent on
the resolution of this issue.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Roland Dreier [mailto:rolandd at cisco.com] 
> Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2005 7:05 PM
> To: Steve Wise
> Cc: 'Roland Dreier'; Tom Tucker; openib-general at openib.org
> Subject: Re: [openib-general] [PATCH][iWARP] Added provider 
> CM verbs andquery provider methods
> 
>     Steve> See the current chelsio TOE thread on the netdev list.
> 
> Hmm, I just skimmed through this.  It seems like a big flamefest about
> TOE without any reference to RDMA.
> 
> I think someone from the iWARP world really needs to spend some time
> explaining to the netdev community why we want to do connection setup
> through the host stack so we can find a solution that everyone can
> agree on.  I don't want to bypass part of the community (and bypass
> packet filtering too!) just because they'll "never" accept something.
> 
>  - R.
>