[openib-general] ib_mad.h rmpp_version and RRespTime in header

[Fab Tillier]

> From: Sean Hefty [mailto:mshefty at ichips.intel.com]
> Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2004 8:21 AM
> 
> On Thu, 05 Aug 2004 08:28:50 -0400
> Hal Rosenstock <halr at voltaire.com> wrote:
> 
> > It would seem to me that the RMPP implementation should support whatever
> > version(s) it does and be backward compatible to other versions.
> 
> Didn't the RMPP stuff change completely between 1.0 and 1.1, such that
> trying to support 1.0 and 1.1 requires the client to control the RMPP?
> This is kind of what I'm worried about.  Also, a client may have an idea
> of what RMPP version is supported by the remote side, whereas the access
> layer does not.

Do we really want to support 1.0a?  Does anyone still code implemented to
that version of the IB spec?  As far as I know, all vendor stacks implement
the 1.1 spec, so I'd rather see that be the baseline.  This is similar to
how we're only supporting 2.6 kernels.

- Fab