[ofw] port RDS to OFW - request for input...

Smith, Stan stan.smith at intel.com
Thu Jul 23 14:21:46 PDT 2009


Hefty, Sean wrote:
>> How is it that a kernel interface to IBAT would not solve the address
>> resolution problem?
>
> IBAT looks like it can do:
>
> local IP <-> local port
> remote MAC <-> remote GID
> local port, remote MAC -> path record
>
> We need to get to:
>
> remote IP -> local IP, remote GID
>
> It's not clear to me looking at ib_at_ioctl.h that it can do this,
> but maybe the interface can be extended to provide this functionality
> if it doesn't.
>
> - Sean

PrintIP.c does an ARP 'remote IP', then Gets MAC then remote GID.
This could be done from kernel mode?



More information about the ofw mailing list