RE: [PATCH] link-local address fix for rdma_resolve_addr

Sean Hefty
2009-10-22T06:49:52Z

> This is actually something of a mandatory notion to implement the
> full generality of the IB CM protocol which allows the CM REP to
> contain a port GUID of another port on the same node (multi-port
> APM is an IB feature). So you never know what port the accept()
> result will get bound to.

You can redirect (REJ) a REQ to a different port, but you can't accept (REP) a
connection on a different port.

- Sean