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o : openib-general@openib.org 9 February 2007 • 2:23AM -0500

[openib-general] Problem is routing CM REQ was: Use a GRH when appropriate for unicast packets
by Sean Hefty

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>>The active side clearly cannot learn what the SLID of the passive
>>side's router should be.
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>>We don't want to have the routers snoop and alter CM GMPs.
>>
>>The passive side cannot use information from the LRH to get the router
>>LID since the LRH may not be reversible.
>>
>>The only option seems to be to have the passive side do a path record
>>query on a SGID in the CM REQ...
>>
>>This is a spec problem unfortunately.
>
>
> Yes and I would expect that this would be changed.

Looking at the problem more, I think that the issue extends to the remote port
LID as well.  My expectation with a local path record query is that the SLID is
the local port, and the DLID is the local router.  This should be sufficient for
one-way UD traffic, but for connected traffic we still need to discover the
remote router and remote port LIDs.

I think that we need a way for the local node to query the remote SA to obtain
this information.  Or we need a new path record for routable paths that includes
this information.

- Sean

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