[ofa-general] RE: [ewg] [PATCH 0/9] RDMAoE - RDMA over Ethernet-- some procedural questions

[Sean Hefty]

>What does it mean to have a standard body "associated" with a
>proposal?  Does "associated" mean that the proposal/API is a published
>standard in that standards body?  Or some weaker definition?

There's a significant difference between an API and a wire protocol, and even
most wire protocols shouldn't be subject to any standards body.  We need to be
realistic here.