Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751360AbWCFUPz (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Mar 2006 15:15:55 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751363AbWCFUPz (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Mar 2006 15:15:55 -0500 Received: from [194.90.237.34] ([194.90.237.34]:29322 "EHLO mtlexch01.mtl.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751360AbWCFUPy (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Mar 2006 15:15:54 -0500 Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2006 22:16:03 +0200 From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" To: David Stevens Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List , netdev@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: RFC: move SDP from AF_INET_SDP to IPPROTO_SDP Message-ID: <20060306201603.GA17048@mellanox.co.il> Reply-To: "Michael S. Tsirkin" References: <20060306190636.GA14849@mellanox.co.il> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-OriginalArrivalTime: 06 Mar 2006 20:18:14.0484 (UTC) FILETIME=[190E6140:01C6415B] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 968 Lines: 23 Quoting r. David Stevens : > Subject: Re: RFC: move SDP from AF_INET_SDP to IPPROTO_SDP > > I don't know any details about SDP, but if there are no differences at the > protocol layer, then neither the address family nor the protocol is > appropriate. If it's just an API change, the socket type is the right > selector. So, maybe SOCK_DIRECT to go along with SOCK_STREAM, > SOCK_DGRAM, etc. No, the API SDP implements is the regular SOCK_STREAM semantics. The difference is in the way connections are established with infiniband connection management messages, and data is transferred with infiniband reliable connection send messages. -- Michael S. Tsirkin Staff Engineer, Mellanox Technologies - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/