[openib-general] Re: ipoib multicast timeouts

Roland Dreier rdreier at cisco.com
Tue Mar 28 15:16:39 PST 2006


    Sean> Can (or should it be permitted for) a userspace process join
    Sean> the same group as one used by ipoib?

Well, that's the question.  I don't think there's not any strong
reason to forbid it, except to make implementation easier.  Joining
the group isn't the problem -- the thing we have to make sure of is
that a userspace process can't leave a group that IPoIB still wants to
be a member of.

 - R.



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