> -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Smith, Stan > Sent: Friday, July 24, 2009 12:22 AM > To: Hefty, Sean; Richard Frank; [email protected] > Subject: RE: [ofw] port RDS to OFW - request for input... > > Hefty, Sean wrote: > >> How is it that a kernel interface to IBAT would not solve > the address > >> resolution problem? > > > > IBAT looks like it can do: > > > > local IP <-> local port > > remote MAC <-> remote GID > > local port, remote MAC -> path record > > > > We need to get to: > > > > remote IP -> local IP, remote GID > > > > It's not clear to me looking at ib_at_ioctl.h that it can > do this, but > > maybe the interface can be extended to provide this > functionality if > > it doesn't. > > > > - Sean > > PrintIP.c does an ARP 'remote IP', then Gets MAC then remote GID. > This could be done from kernel mode?
This can be done in kernel mode in a dirty way, that is send the arps yourself. Theoreticly simple but practicly this is hard, because of issues like retries, shutdown, reset etc. > _______________________________________________ > ofw mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openfabrics.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ofw > _______________________________________________ ofw mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openfabrics.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ofw
