[openib-general] Re: IP addressing on InfiniBand networks (Caitlin Bestler)

[Roland Dreier]

    Michael> Being the person who led the addressing definition for
    Michael> IB, I can state quite clearly that GID are NOT IPv6
    Michael> addresses.  They were intentionally defined to have a
    Michael> similar look-n-feel since they were derived in large part
    Michael> from Future I/O which had them as real IPv6 addresses.
    Michael> But again, they are NOT IPv6 addresses.

The IBA spec seems to have a different idea.  In fact chapter 4 says:

    "A GID is a valid 128-bit IPv6 address (per RFC 2373)...."

 - R.