On Wed, 24 Aug 2005, Caitlin Bestler wrote:
> On 8/24/05, Fab Tillier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I think if all ULPs provide their source and destination IP in the > > private data, you can eliminate the reverse lookup altogether. A > > simple forward lookup is all that's needed to validate that the > > source GID in the REQ matches the reported source IP in the > > private data. The forward lookup could be done via ATS or via > > ARP, but the CM doesn't need to care which method is used. > > That is not an option. > > The applications are expecting source/destination network addresses > that come from a network layer, not from the peer application. IP > has no problem meeting this requirement. This is an IB problem that > needs to be solved within the scope of IB without changing any ULPs. I agree with Caitlin. The eventual solution cannot force protocol modifications in ULPs. _______________________________________________ openib-general mailing list [email protected] http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general To unsubscribe, please visit http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general
