Or Gerlitz wrote: > Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > >> Quoting r. Sean Hefty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> >>> Add an ib_multicast module to perform reference counting of multicast >>> join / leave requests. Modify ib_ipoib to use the multicast module. >>> Signed-off-by: Sean Hefty <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> On the ipoib change - whya re we doing it at all? >> ib_ipoib does not actually need the multicast refcounting, does it? >> I would be worried about doing major changes in ipoib multicast code, at this >> point. >> > > The ipoib change is a must to allow for user space consumers to > join/leave groups whose MGID is "of IP multicast origin". > > So one process can have its IP mulitcast traffic carried out by ipoib > and another process can use librdmacm to join the same multicast group > and attach a QP to the same MGID. > If the tracking (ref counting) was done at the MAD level - no change to IPoIB would have been required ... > 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 >
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