Sean Hefty wrote: >> No, the idea is this: for non ARPHRD_INFINIBAND devices (e.g. rocee or >> iwarp) I assume first this rocee, get the rocee gid, and check if this >> gid appears in any device's gid table. It the mac address belongs to a >> rocee device then it will be found; if it belongs to an iwarp device >> then it won't be found. In the later case I build the gid in the pre >> rocee patches fashion and search again. >> > > If I look at what's there today, we're trying to find some way to match the > net_device src_dev_addr with some sort of address associated with an > ib_device. > In the case of actual IB, the net_device src_dev_addr contains the SGID, which > provides the mapping. > > Steve, can you please clarify the iWarp case for me? For iWarp, doesn't the > src_dev_addr contain the MAC? So, the 'GID's reported for an iWarp device is > really just the MAC. Is this correct? > >
Yes. > If this is the case, then couldn't rocee (I hate that name) report its MAC as > one of its GIDs? This would ensure that the mapping between net_device and > ib_device was correct. > > - Sean > _______________________________________________ ewg mailing list ewg@lists.openfabrics.org http://lists.openfabrics.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ewg
