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

[Christoph Hellwig]

On Fri, Oct 14, 2005 at 08:38:18AM -0700, Caitlin Bestler wrote:
> I can't think of a better example of something that is truly
> brain dead than an application *written* to use Sockets Direct
> Protocol.

I think you confuse "specificly written to support" with "specificly
written to support only".  And yes, in the days of getaddrinfo writing
an application specific to a protocol instead of IP+Stream or Dgram
semantics is pretty bad idea.