Quoting r. Sean Hefty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Subject: Re: RFC userspace CMA > > Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > > Quoting Sean Hefty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > >>I considered, and continue to consider implementing on top of ucm. The > >>drawbacks are: it requires more kernel modules: one for the CM, one for SA > >>query, and one for address translation. > > > > > > Cant address translation be done with exiting kernel/user interface? > > There's no kernel/user interface for ib_addr, which is what the kernel CMA > uses. > To use the ib_at kernel/user interface, ib_at would need to be fixed to > avoid > crashing the system. ib_addr is based off of the ib_at/sdp implementations, > but > limited to ARP translation only. > > It would also require userspace components for other RDMA CMs, such as iWarp. > > - Sean >
But I mean, we can already send ARP packets from userspace, cant we? -- 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
