[openib-general] Hello and a basic question

Wed Oct 20 15:08:55 PDT 2004

Hello,  I am new to IB in Linux, and I have a basic naming question (for
which I tried to find an answer on the Web but failed because I guess it is
too basic).  

Why is IP-over-IB named IP-over-IB?  From what I can understand, this is
really a software layer, that connects the protocol layer (IP and ARP) to
the IB device driver.  So, it should be called something like
Protocol-to-IB, not IP-over-IB.  

Either my understanding is wrong, in which case please briefly explain why, 
or "Protocol-to-IB" is too complicated and unclear a name - then please
confirm that was the reason why such a name was not chosen.  

Thank you,

Mark Galeck

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