On Fri, 2006-01-27 at 15:32, Roland Dreier wrote: > Roland> No, I think trying to create a mapping is a bad idea. The > Roland> semantics of VLANs and IB partitions are sufficiently > Roland> different that it's probably better to treat each concept > Roland> natively. > > Steve> Roland, can you expand on this some? > > I don't think transport neutral code should be dealing with either > P_Keys or VLANs. The Linux model for handling VLANs is that each VLAN > has a separate network interface. So an iWARP consumer should never > deal with VLANs, just with a routing choice of interfaces. > > Similarly if a consumer is using the iWARP-emulation CM for IB, then > the P_Key will come from the IPoIB interface. Only native IB > consumers that understand partitions ever have to deal with P_Keys.
What about a gateway between iWARP and IB ? Would it need the mappings between VLAN and IB partition ? If so, I would presume that is at a layer above what you are talking about. -- Hal > - R. > _______________________________________________ > openib-general mailing list > [email protected] > http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general > > To unsubscribe, please visit http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general _______________________________________________ openib-general mailing list [email protected] http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general To unsubscribe, please visit http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general
