[openib-general] Some Missing Features from mthca/user MAD access

[Hal Rosenstock]

On Wed, 2005-01-05 at 21:23, Roland Dreier wrote:
> > 1. The SM needs the ability to write (set/clear) the 'is_sm' PortInfo
> > capability mask bit (from user space).
> 
> Yes, I'll implement this.

Thanks.

> > 2. There are some additional fields which would be useful to support:
> > per port
> >         PortInfo:PortPhysicalState
> 
> Why is this useful?

This is useful when link is not coming up: you can see what is going on
better. It  replaces the need to view the LED for this.

> >         NodeInfo:PortGUID
> 
> I think the low 64 bits of the GID at index 0 can be used to get this.

Right.

> > per device
> >         NodeInfo:NodeType
> 
> Makes sense, I'll add this.

Thanks.

-- Hal