[openib-general] [PATCH] netdevice.h: Add RDMA privatepointer to the net_device structure

Roland Dreier rolandd at cisco.com
Mon Oct 3 21:13:21 PDT 2005


    Sean> Does ipoib create a device per pkey associated with a port?
    Sean> Is it possible for a user to get at a pkey other than the
    Sean> one at index 0 given only an IP address?

Yes to both.  Each P_Key is a different IPoIB broadcast domain and a
different netdevice/interface.  Routing could easily return an IPoIB
interface with any P_Key.

 - R.



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