Re: [ewg] rdma/cm: disallow loopback address for iwarp devices

Jeff Squyres
2010-02-08T22:11:12Z

On Feb 8, 2010, at 5:09 PM, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:

>> DESCRIPTION
>> Associates a source address with an rdma_cm_id. The address may be
>> wildcarded. If binding to a specific local address, the rdma_cm_id
>> will also be bound to a local RDMA device.
> This statement is trying to say that if a source address is given then
> the rdma_cm_id will be bound to a device.

Which device is bound to if you specify 127.0.0.1 as the source address? (which is what OMPI is doing) Is it possible to assign 127.0.0.1 to an RDMA device?

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