[openib-general] ib_post_send ib_send_wr question

[Sean Hefty]

On Fri, 30 Jul 2004 18:37:08 -0400
Hal Rosenstock <halr at voltaire.com> wrote:

> Sean Hefty wrote:
> I think the pkey_index needs to be ignored if it is not QP1. This should
> be noted in the API and something the driver will need to take care of.

agreed
 
> I'm wondering about redirected QPs :-) Are they locked on a single PKey
> index or do they need to work the same way QP1 does ?

I believe that only QP1 has the ability to accept packets from any partition, and hence, use any PKey.  I'm not sure that we can assume that hardware will provide this feature on any given QP.  I *think* redirection needs to go to separate QPs for separate PKeys.