[ofa-general] Re: Re: IPoIB-CM UC mode

[Sean Hefty]

> So we must send something that will force remote side to respond. One such
> message is LAP with current primary path used as proposed alternate path.
> Remote will respond with APR with AP status 5 if the connection is there, and
> status 1 if it is not.

I didn't follow this.  Is this just an out of band keep alive message? 
Why not use DREQ to indicate that the connection went away under normal 
circumstances, and a send failure in an abnormal termination case?

- Sean