On Thu, May 01, 2008 at 06:59:47AM +1000, Max Matveev wrote: > IB GID has the same format as IPv6 address, IPv6 addresses are > resolvable via DNS' AAAA or A6 records, you can go from IPv4 to name > to IPv6 address without reinventing the wheel.
Well, you can't just assume that a AAAA record associated with the reverse of a IPv4 is a GID - it could be a legitimate IPv6 address. The GID space and IPv6 space are completely distinct, despite the same format of the address. The only way I could see to do this with DNS is to introduce a new record type for GIDs.. Alternatively, you could use DNS to manage a mapping table, ala the reverse map: 1.0.0.10.ipv4.ibta-addr. AAAA fd83:609c:bdc8:1:213:72ff:fe29:e65d Jason _______________________________________________ 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
