Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 6 Mar 2006 22:16:03 +0200 | From | "Michael S. Tsirkin" <> | Subject | Re: RFC: move SDP from AF_INET_SDP to IPPROTO_SDP |
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Quoting r. David Stevens <dlstevens@us.ibm.com>: > 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.
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