Quoting r. Greg Lindahl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > ipath_ether uses InfiniBand protocols but is not the same as IPoIB. So > it's better to ask [EMAIL PROTECTED] about it. (The reason we ship > it at all is that it's faster than IPoIB -- this necessitates a > different wire format -- and it behaves more like an ethernet device > than IPoIB.)
In what sense is it more like an ethernet device than IPoIB? Since IP over IB just puts an IP packet inside a UD packet without overhead, what wire protocol changes can thinkably be done, while still using InfiniBand protocols, to improve performance? -- Michael S. Tsirkin Staff Engineer, Mellanox Technologies _______________________________________________ openib-general mailing list [email protected] http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general To unsubscribe, please visit http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general
