Re: [ofa-general] Re: [PATCH RFC] RDMA/CMA: Allocate PS_TCP portsfrom the host TCP port space.

[Sean Hefty]

> The hack to use a socket and bind it to claim the port was just for 
> demostrating the idea.  The correct solution, IMO, is to enhance the 
> core low level 4-tuple allocation services to be more generic (eg: not 
> be tied to a struct sock).  Then the host tcp stack and the host rdma 
> stack can allocate TCP/iWARP ports/4tuples from this common exported 
> service and share the port space.  This allocation service could also be 
> used by other deep adapters like iscsi adapters if needed.

Since iWarp runs on top of TCP, the port space is really the same. 
FWIW, I agree that this proposal is the correct solution to support iWarp.

- Sean
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