On Thu, 2006-05-04 at 13:54, Sean Hefty wrote: > Hal Rosenstock wrote: > >>To me, this feature seems most useful for all-to-all type connections, but > >>would > >>require some sort of coordination between connecting end-points in order to > >>have > >>fault independent connections between different nodes. E.g. the connection > >>from > >>A to B is independent from the connection between C and D. > > > > I don't understand what end node coordination you are referring to here > > in terms of this. > > Today, connections are established from the local node to some given > destination > without considering what other connections may exist between other nodes. > For > example, an app may select a path to connect A to B based on the connection > from > C to D.
So each node needs to know the entire connection mesh (and traffic pattern) to help it choose a path ? I'm not sure how MPR v. PR relates to this exactly other than there is a current difference in how the half world paths would be obtained using MPR v. PR. > I'm just trying to determine how an implementation can make use of MPR to > understand the best way to expose it. The use of MPR over just path records > seems complex. In terms of what ? -- Hal > - Sean _______________________________________________ openib-general mailing list [email protected] http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general To unsubscribe, please visit http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general
