Roland Dreier wrote: > > 1) what is the exact reason that ib0 is running here, is it as of this > > "magic" configuration of the IPv6 addr that caused it to join to > > the IPv4 and IPv6 broascast groups? > > No, ipv6 autoconf has nothing to do with it. I think it's because you > did ifconfig ib0 up, which called ipoib_open(), which calls > ipoib_ib_dev_up(), which joins the ipv4 broadcast group. > > Bringing the interface up the starts ipv6 autoconf but that is just a > side issue. You could build a kernel without ipv6 and see what happens. > > > 2) is it well defined what conditions should hold s.t IPoIB will be RUNNING > > Not really. > > > 3) just to make sure: RUNNING <--> ipoib called netif_carrier_on(), > correct? > > i see that latter is called by ipoib_mcast_join_task(), is it when > > "joining everything we want to join to" holds or you can somehow > > refine the predicate? > > Yes, I believe that is correct.
OK, thanks for all the clarifications. Or. _______________________________________________ openib-general mailing list [email protected] http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general To unsubscribe, please visit http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general
