On Thu, 2007-10-11 at 18:51 -0700, Sean Hefty wrote: > >I'm more referring to when you call rdma_bind_addr to bind to your > >device before you call rdma_connect. In that instance, your address > >isn't for the eventual destination, but just to bind you to your local > >rdma device. For that, an rdma_bind_dev that took an ibv context and a > >port number on that device would avoid having to specify an IP address > >that you don't really care about. > > Maybe I'm missing something, but you would still use IP addressing to identify > the remote system, which requires IPoIB anyway. My expectation is that the > side > that calls rdma_connect() would usually call rdma_resolve_addr(), and not use > rdma_bind_addr(). This way the local device binding occurs based on the > routing > tables to the remote address.
Think multiport cards and wanting to use a specific port (for load
balancing or other reasons).
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