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

[Hal Rosenstock]

On Mon, 2005-10-10 at 11:50, Caitlin Bestler wrote:
>         Doesn't the IP next hop need determining in that case ? Why is
>         that not 
>         relevant ? I don't think the iWARP connection is end to end in
>         all
>         cases.
> 
> 
> Of course it's end to end. It's just that only the end points
> understand that it is an iWARP connection.

What about the case of iWARP <-> IB ?

> Or more properly, the underlying transport (or "LLP") connections 
> are end to end, but the iWARP semantics exist only in the RDMA
> endpoints.
> 
> That is why iWARP works across multiple subnets.

                                          ^^^^^^^
                                          IP subnets
>  We've actually
> done true worldwide connections. The exisitng IP network carries
> the iWARP traffic because it is indeed just TCP traffic to the
> intermediate network.

-- Hal