Quoting Sean Hefty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >As a reminder, what we are trying to do is handle the loopback case, > >where IP route resolution simply gives us back the loopback device, but > >we want to use the IB loopback: either external if source/destination > >are specified, or external if not. > > Can you look over the CMA/ib_addr code and see if what is done meets > your needs > (minus support for IPv6)?
Will do. > I've never tested the CMA using an address of > 127.0.0.1, so I'm not sure what it would do in that case. I'm also not > sure if it makes sense for the CMA to handle that case... At least for SDP its important: people are used to being able to specify 127.0.0.1 and get a loopback connection. And in some cases (zcopy), you actually can get good performance out of it. > I will review this patch early next week. -- MST _______________________________________________ openib-general mailing list [email protected] http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general To unsubscribe, please visit http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general
