Quoting r. Roland Dreier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Jack> 2. Who is responsible for creating this multicast group in > Jack> IPoIB? (A send-only join will not cause a group to be > Jack> created if it does not yet exist) > > The group will be created if any full-member joins are done.
Forgive me if I'm asking a dump question - but wouldnt it be simpler to join as a full member? It seems that if we are joining a group and it doesnt exist, we have to handle this specially by forwarding packets to all-IP broadcast group. Further, since the group can be added/deleted at any time. it seems that we also should request, and handle, delete updates and 'creation' reports from the SM. > But that > won't happen unless some entity wants to receive packets from the > group -- in other words, some multicast router. The ipoib draft seems to imply that routers should typically perform nonmember joins. Do I misunderstand it? -- 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
