Jeff Garzik wrote:

* however, giving the user the ability to co-manage IP addresses means 
hacking up the kernel TCP code and userland tools for this new concept, 
something that I think DaveM would rightly be a bit reluctant to do? You 
are essentially adding a bunch of special case code whenever TCP ports 
are used:

    if (port in list of "magic" TCP ports with special,
        hardware-specific behavior)
        ...
    else
        do what we've been doing for decades

ISTR Roland(?) pointing out code that already does a bit of this in the 
IB space...  but the point is

grrr.   but the point is that the solution is not at all complete, with 
feature disconnects and security audit differences still outsanding, and 
non-hw-specific management apps still unwritten.

(I'm not calling for their existence, merely saying trying to strike the 
justification that current capability to limp along exists)

	Jeff