On 04/16/2015 05:09 PM, Hefty, Sean wrote:
[snip]
>>> Sean, can you please put a precise writeup what does it take to
>>> support AF_IB... I am a bit
>>> confused here and wasn't sure if this can be supported with RoCE.
>>
>> I think this means IB GID addressing is checked (Native Infiniband
>> Address) and not AF_IB (which is socket address/protocol family like
>> INET and INET6).
>>
>> I think this naming is confusing and maybe cap_ib_gid is better ?
>
> I need to trace back through the code to see where this is used, but I
> thought the check was determining if an address conveyed using sockaddr_ib
> applied to the port. Sockaddr_ib was intended to target IB-classic
> specifically. It should apply to RoCE/IBoE as well. I don't think it
> applies to RoCEv2/IBoUDP without a translation.
The usage is:
rdma_resolve_addr
{
...
if dst_addr->sa_family == AF_IB
cma_resolve_ib_addr --> cma_resolve_ib_dev
else
rdma_resolve_ip
...
}
So I guess IBoE using ib address rather than ip?
Regards,
Michael Wang
>
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