[openib-general] CM header file

Sean Hefty mshefty at ichips.intel.com
Thu Dec 16 12:37:49 PST 2004


Hal Rosenstock wrote:
>>>Would UC as well as RC be supported ? If so, UC can wait a little for
>>>implementing if this adds time. 
>>
>>I'm not sure that RC or UC matters much to the CM.  The CM will 
>>probably just read the value from the QP type.
> 
> So it's just a pass through in terms of the components ?

I believe so.  I think that the only place the CM needs to know the 
difference is when setting the transport service type in the REQ message.

>>  Depending on the differences between 1.1 and 1.2, I can try 
>>to support both.
> 
> The class version for CM was bumped for 1.2. A 1.2 CM could be made to
> be compatible with 1.1 (revert back to the previous class version and
> formats) but this is more work. It depends on what this needs to
> interoperate with as to what the requirement is here.

I think it makes sense to target 1.1 for now.  If the amount of effort 
to support 1.2 is minimal, I will add in that support.

- Sean




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