> Quoting Sean Hefty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Subject: ipoib ipv6 multicast joins, was: multicast code/merge status > > Hal Rosenstock wrote: > >>(*) there are some more issues here which need to be addressed, see > >>for example the "Some SMs don't support send-only yet" weird comment > >>at ipoib_mcast_sendonly_join() > > > > > > It's more likely an SA issue but I'm only guessing... It may also be > > historical... > > Based on observation, it looks like ipoib joins a couple of IPv6 multicast > groups with send only membership. However it changes the join_state from 4 > to 1 > (send-only to full member). This results in the SA trying to create the > multicast group, only the required MCMemberRecord components have not been > set. > > I'm not sure if this indicates a serious problem, but I'm guessing not. The > join request simply fails and returns an error back to ipoib. (Which would > have > happened for a send-only join if the group hadn't already been created.)
So, this looks like a work-around for some broken SM, does it not? -- MST _______________________________________________ openib-general mailing list [email protected] http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general To unsubscribe, please visit http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general
