[openib-general] RE: [BUG]OpenSM double free or corruption

[Hal Rosenstock]

On Tue, 2005-08-02 at 18:17, Bob Woodruff wrote:
> Hal wrote, 
> >Hi Woody,
> 
> >I don't have an HCA with old firmware (what version ?) and I thought it
> >was dangerous to downgrade firmware.
> 
> I think it was 4.5.3. 

So was this a Lion Cub (PCI Express) ? I don't have one to play with.

> >>  and the mthca
> >> driver will not initialize and will report an error in dmesg.
> 
> What driver error do you get ?

I was simulating driver errors. I didn't install old firmware.

> The driver reported something like
> "the firmware 4.5.3 is old and that the current rev was
> 4.6.2"

I found this. This is a warning rather than an error. I'm not sure what
fails which causes the double delete.

> I have never downgraded the rev. of firmware I have only upgraded, but
> I do not see why it would not work to put an old version
> into the card. Perhaps the Mellanox guys would know for 
> sure.

-- Hal