On Sun, 2006-02-12 at 08:36, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > Quoting r. Hal Rosenstock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Subject: Re: IPoIB and lid change > > > > On Wed, 2006-02-08 at 15:14, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > > > Hi, Roland! > > > One issue we have with IPoIB is that IPoIB may cache a remote node path > > > for > > > a long time. Remote LID may get changed e.g. if the SM is changed, and > > > IPoIB > > > might lose connectivity. > > > > The remote LID may get changed for other reasons too without an SM > > change (SM merge of 2 separate subnets). How can this be handled ? > > Change the SM to trigger SM lid change for both subnets?
I think that's overly disruptive for the subnet whose SM didn't change. There should be a gentler way... -- Hal > > > One simple way to address this would be to have a list of all > > > address handles per net device and kill them on an SM change event. > > > > > > What do you think? > > _______________________________________________ openib-general mailing list [email protected] http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general To unsubscribe, please visit http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general
