[openib-general] IP addressing on InfiniBand networks

[Christoph Hellwig]

On Tue, Jun 28, 2005 at 03:24:35PM -0400, James Lentini wrote:
> 
> I'd like to summarize the discussion we've been having around 
> addressing and start a new email thread with a more appropriate title.
> 
> First off, here is there requirement we are trying to satisfy:
> 
>   kDAPL consumers use an Internet Protocol (IP) addresses to
>   identify remote nodes in an interoperable way.

I don't think that does belong into the kernel.  It's fine to do that in
userspace if you want.