[openib-general] Reuse pd amd mr
Roland Dreier
rdreier at cisco.com
Mon Sep 18 07:49:28 PDT 2006
john> Hi I have two HCA cards each having one port. I want to use
john> same memory buffer to store packets arriving on the two
john> ports. Can I do this, meaning can I use same pd (protection
john> domain) and mr (memory registration) for the two QPs (one QP
john> on each port), though the context (i.e. ib device) for each
john> QP is different?
No, a PD belongs to a specific device. However nothing prevents you
from creating one PD for each device, and two MRs (one for each
device, each using one of those two PDs) that cover the same memory.
- R.
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