[ofa-general] peer to peer connections support

[Sean Hefty]

>> I understand that under TCP there's also a notion of peer to peer and
>> client/server connections, I'll give it a look next week to see what's
>> the foundations over there.

According to 'TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 1 the Protocols' this is called
"simultaneous open" and is described as "possible, although improbable" to
achieve.

Maybe some of the newer implementations allow this to work better, but I doubt
many apps, including MPI, use it.

 - Sean