[openib-general] Re: port_num

[Tom Tucker]

On Wed, 2006-03-15 at 15:21 -0800, Sean Hefty wrote:
> Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> > Well, but if an application manages port spaces by itself it won't be portable
> > either. And it seems like a waste to manage ports - some global and some
> > per-device, all for the wildcard port special-case when cma could do it.
> 
> I think the CMA needs to manage its port spaces.  I'm just not sure yet how to 
> do this in a way that works for iWarp yet.  And it hasn't been a high enough 
> priority for me to go back and create a patch for it.  It sounds like I need to 
> revisit this soon though...

I agree...and I have an idea of how to do it too (see
inet_csk_get_port). If we could only get this core support in the
trunk... ;-)

> 
> - Sean
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