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

[Hal Rosenstock]

On Thu, 2005-09-29 at 12:40, Sean Hefty wrote:
> Hal Rosenstock wrote:
> >>How does that map to the IB subnet?
> > 
> > or IP subnet in the case of iWARP, right ? It's still an outgoing
> > interface just more than 1 IP hop away.
> 
> The intent of the module is only to deal with IB.  Although, it seems generic 
> enough that it could return hardware addresses for anything.  I just don't know 
> if there's a need for this functionality outside of IB.
> 
> >>  Would it require global routing,
> > 
> > Yes.
> 
> If it requires global routing of IB, then I think that we should defer it until 
> global routing is available.  At least this was my original thinking.

I was referring to IP not IB routing.

-- Hal