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diff --git a/Documentation/infiniband/ipoib.txt b/Documentation/infiniband/ipoib.txt index 6d40f00b358..64eeb55d0c0 100644 --- a/Documentation/infiniband/ipoib.txt +++ b/Documentation/infiniband/ipoib.txt @@ -36,11 +36,11 @@ Datagram vs Connected modes fabric with a 2K MTU, the IPoIB MTU will be 2048 - 4 = 2044 bytes. In connected mode, the IB RC (Reliable Connected) transport is used. - Connected mode is to takes advantage of the connected nature of the - IB transport and allows an MTU up to the maximal IP packet size of - 64K, which reduces the number of IP packets needed for handling - large UDP datagrams, TCP segments, etc and increases the performance - for large messages. + Connected mode takes advantage of the connected nature of the IB + transport and allows an MTU up to the maximal IP packet size of 64K, + which reduces the number of IP packets needed for handling large UDP + datagrams, TCP segments, etc and increases the performance for large + messages. In connected mode, the interface's UD QP is still used for multicast and communication with peers that don't support connected mode. In |