At 02:58 PM 3/4/2005, Tom Duffy wrote: >In any event, I think being able to plop an IB network in an Ethernet >world will require things like RARP to work. If there is no spec now, >it should be written.
I can't remember the last time I saw a machine RARP. Well, maybe I do but it was like 1980-something. Since DHCP, I don't think there's a reason for hosts to do it. Here's what comes out when I type "man rarp" on a 2.6 system. "Obsolete". >RARP(8) Linux Programmer's Manual RARP(8) > > > >NAME > rarp - manipulate the system RARP table > >SYNOPSIS > rarp [-V] [--version] [-h] [--help] > rarp -a > rarp [-v] -d hostname ... > rarp [-v] [-t type] -s hostname hw_addr > >NOTE > This program is obsolete. From version 2.3, the Linux > kernel no longer contains RARP support. For a replacement > RARP daemon, see ftp://ftp.dementia.org/pub/net-tools Tom. _______________________________________________ openib-general mailing list openib-general@openib.org http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general To unsubscribe, please visit http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general