Re: RFC: move SDP from AF_INET_SDP to IPPROTO_SDP

[Michael S. Tsirkin]

Quoting r. David Stevens <dlstevens@xxxxxxxxxx>:
> Subject: Re: RFC: move SDP from AF_INET_SDP to IPPROTO_SDP
> 
> I don't know any details about SDP, but if there are no differences at the
> protocol layer, then neither the address family nor the protocol is
> appropriate. If it's just an API change, the socket type is the right
> selector. So, maybe SOCK_DIRECT to go along with SOCK_STREAM,
> SOCK_DGRAM, etc.

No, the API SDP implements is the regular SOCK_STREAM semantics.

The difference is in the way connections are established with
infiniband connection management messages, and data is transferred
with infiniband reliable connection send messages.

-- 
Michael S. Tsirkin
Staff Engineer, Mellanox Technologies
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