[openib-general] Re: [PATCH] [CM] add private data comparison to match REQs with listens

Michael S. Tsirkin mst at mellanox.co.il
Tue Nov 29 13:18:42 PST 2005


Quoting r. Sean Hefty <mshefty at ichips.intel.com>:
> Subject: Re: [openib-general] Re: [PATCH] [CM] add private data comparison to?match REQs with listens
> 
> Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> > By the way, we are not yes using all bits in the service id,
> > cant we use some of them for demux, as well?
> 
> The service ID is not sufficient, since we may need to demux based on an IP 
> address.

I agree. I simply suggested using spare service ID bits for an additional
protocol demux field, so that we can have two protocols share the same port.

> SDP could also use this feature to match listen requests, rather than 
> performing a second level of demultiplexing, which it currently does.

Sounds good.
BTW, with respect to cma - is there a chance that sdp will be able to use it?

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MST



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