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From: "Steve Wise" <swise-7bPotxP6k4+P2YhJcF5u+vpXobYPEAuW@public.gmane.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH rdma-next 01/10] IB/core: Add raw packet protocol
Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2016 11:27:16 -0600
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> 
> > > - this doesn't change anything.  Also, AHs are already
> > > port-specific. So, I don't see any issue in this regard.
> >
> > The current scheme infers the protocol of the AH from the current
> > configuration of the port, which is a crazy API when the port's
> > protocol can change on the fly.
> 
> Maybe the solution is to make the protocol selection explicit throughout the
APIs
> and associate it with a QP, rather than attempting to list all transport
protocols that
> a port can support.

Do you mean requiring the application to pick the protocol?

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