[openib-general] [RFC] Support for Additional Scopes for IPoIB MC Groups

Roland Dreier rdreier at cisco.com
Wed Jan 10 15:11:04 PST 2007


 > In preparation for IB routers, other scopes should be supported.
 > 
 > Is an acceptable approach to supporting additional scopes to add a
 > module parameter for this ?

I don't think that's a good solution, since it forces every IPoIB
interface to use the same scope.  I think there should be some
per-interface way to set the scope, either via sysfs or an ethtool interface.




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