[openib-general] [RFC] [PATCH 2/7] ib_multicast 2.6.20: add ib_multicast module to track join requests from the same port

[Michael S. Tsirkin]

Quoting r. Sean Hefty <sean.hefty at intel.com>:
> Subject: RE: [openib-general] [RFC] [PATCH 2/7] ib_multicast 2.6.20: add ib_multicast module to track join requests from the same port
> 
> >Another comment that I'd like not to get in the noise is that we need
> >to handle the full set of SA queries, not just EQ.
> 
> I think that functionality can be added separately, but ib_multicast is only
> intended to handle Set / Delete methods.  Get and GetTable methods would still
> go through the ib_sa.  Are you referring to more complex Set (join) operations
> or actual Get queries?

AFAIK both  Set/Delete and Get quries have selectors, multicast module seems to only
support EQ selectors. The reason to do this is for heterogenous networks.


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