On 13:33 Sat 17 Nov , Jason Gunthorpe wrote: > On Fri, Nov 16, 2007 at 01:08:40AM -0700, Rolf Manderscheid wrote: > > > If a path record query is made for an off-subnet DGID, the SA needs to > > return a path record where the DLID points to the router port that > > handles the DGID prefix. In the case of a subnet with only one > > router, the SA could just pick "the router", and that's exactly what > > the ROUTER_EXP code did. However, ROUTER_EXP did not look beyond the > > first available router. > > One thing we learned during the show is that the format of this file > should be improved slightly. I suggest copying the usual linux 'ip > route' syntax > > 2001::/64 via fe80::xxx:xxxx:xxxx > > The important thing is adding the prefix bits, but also normalzing the > information to match IPv6 convections. In future other keywords beyond > 'via' could be added, like 'mut' and or so on. > > The special word 'default' means ::/0
It is nice idea. For me it looks such improvements could be done subsequently and in way which preserved "backward compatibility", not sure this is so important yet. Sasha _______________________________________________ general mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openfabrics.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/general To unsubscribe, please visit http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general
