[swg] RE: [openib-general] socket based connectionmodel for IB proposal -round 4

[Ted H. Kim]

Err, badly phrased -- what I mean by "can we entertain that option"
is can we either revise the proposal or put it in as a voteable.
I don't actually want an "optional" format. Sorry about that.

-ted

Ted H. Kim wrote:
> Arkady,
> 
> I know we originally set out to compress everything down to
> the minimum to preserve as much ULP specific private data as
> possible. But it seems to me in the current proposal we have
> reserved space now which could be used to re-expand the
> version to major 4-bits and minor-4 bits without harming
> anything else.
> 
> Can we entertain that as an option?
> My rationale is to err on the side of perhaps a little
> too much version room than too little. This will put it
> in line with the precedent of SDP.
> 
> -ted
> 
> 
> 
> Kanevsky, Arkady wrote:
> 
>> pdf version of the proposal.
>>  
>>
>> Arkady Kanevsky                       email: arkady at netapp.com 
>> <mailto:arkady at netapp.com>
>>
>> Network Appliance Inc.               phone: 781-768-5395
>>
>> 275 Totten Pond Rd.                  Fax: 781-895-1195
>>
>> Waltham, MA 02451-2010          central phone: 781-768-5300
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>>  
>>
>>     
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>     *From:* Kanevsky, Arkady
>>     *Sent:* Wednesday, November 16, 2005 11:59 AM
>>     *To:* swg at infinibandta.org; openib-general at openib.org;
>>     dat-discussions at yahoogroups.com
>>     *Subject:* [openib-general] socket based connectionmodel for IB
>>     proposal -round 4
>>
>>     This version incorporate the feedback on 3 reflectors and
>>     yesterday's SWG meeting.
>>          Major changes from previous version are:
>>     no REQ bit to identify private data formaing - SID range used instead
>>     port mapping uses IBTA space and IETF protocol # is encoded in SID
>>     protocol version is 4 bits.
>>          Arkady
>>     
>>     Arkady Kanevsky                       email: arkady at netapp.com
>>     <mailto:arkady at netapp.com>
>>
>>     Network Appliance Inc.               phone: 781-768-5395
>>
>>     275 Totten Pond Rd.                  Fax: 781-895-1195
>>
>>     Waltham, MA 02451-2010          central phone: 781-768-5300
>>
>>      
> 
> 

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