Quoting r. Sean Hefty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Subject: RE: Re: [PATCH] sdp: replace ip_dev_find withdev_base scan (was Re: > ip_dev_find resolution?) > > >> A higher level ULP could map 127.0.0.1 to a specific IP address > before > >> calling the CMA, but I'm not sure that's any better. > > > >Ugh. I really would like to hide all the IPv4/IPv6 etc from ULPs. > > Not sure that I understand this comment. The ULP needs to provide some > sort of > address.
Right but I hoped we could just copy sockaddr from the user to CMA, aboit looking at it in the ULP. > >> From the CMA's perspective, 127.0.0.1 could just as easily > >> map to an iWarp device as an Infiniband device. > > > >Which device to select is a difficult problem. > >I think we might be able to just punt on this for now, selecting > >an arbitrary device of an appropriate type that happens to be up. > > Long term, we may be able to add some quality of service values that > help select > devices that map to the same address. Right. So lets map 127.0.0.1 to an arbitrary local device for now? -- 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
