[openib-general] [RFC] IB address translation using ARP

[Sean Hefty]

Hal Rosenstock wrote:
>> If the RDMA CM ran a protocol that ensured that data sent from the source
>> reached the actual destination, then this would make more sense to me.  But
>> the protocol is coming from the client.
> 
> Wouldn't the gateway/host reject or drop the connection if it couldn't do
> what was required ?

I would assume so, and maybe that's sufficient.  The one problem that I see if
this feature weren't in the RDMA CM is that clients may need to be transport 
aware.  (Assuming that an iWarp connection would go directly to the destination.)

- Sean