[openib-general] [RFC] ib_mad

[Hal Rosenstock]

On Thu, 2004-09-16 at 23:13, Roland Dreier wrote:
>     Hal> Why would the max possible number of ports need to be known
>     Hal> ahead of time ? This might change as "modules" fit in the
>     Hal> same chassis with higher port densities over time. It would
>     Hal> be better if we didn't need to artificially limit it.
> 
> I don't think this corresponds to anything realistic.  Keep in mind
> we're really only concerned about end ports, and a CA is _very_
> unlikely to have a variable number of ports.  Even current chassis
> based switches that I know of don't report themselves as a single node.

That's the only case of this that I'm aware of too.

> Everything right now is coded assuming that the number of ports stays
> constant.  If someday that breaks we can go back and enumerate ports
> with add and remove methods but for now that feels like
> overengineering to me.

Agreed.

-- Hal