[openib-general] Handling SM class (SMInfo vs. other queries)

[Sean Hefty]

On Fri, 22 Oct 2004 14:25:34 -0700
Roland Dreier <roland at topspin.com> wrote:

> All these special cases are starting to look pretty awkward.  Another
> solution is to get rid of the snoop_mad entry point and the SMA and
> PMA agents in ib_smi, and just pass every MAD to the low-level
> driver.  The low-level driver can decide to handle it (consume it
> and/or generate a response) or not.  Everything not consumed by the
> low-level driver gets put through agent dispatch as usual.

I think I'm missing something here.  I thought that the snoop_mad entry point was the solution to this issue.

- Sean