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

[Michael S. Tsirkin]

Hello!
Quoting r. Roland Dreier (roland.list at gmail.com) "Re: [openib-general] Some Missing Features from mthca/user MAD access":
> > I am trying to say it could be transparent. you could be running
> > two sms and it could work more or less.
> > So for example opensm hangs. If I kill it, it will clear the
> > is_sm bit, *but* I dont want that.
> > The way to do it cold be to start a new one, then kill
> > the old one.
> 
> How can two SMs on the same port work?  When an SMInfo query comes in
> who replies?  How do they exchange SMInfo messages between them?
> 
>  - R.

They dont have to work, for example I can CTRL-Z one of them
and start another one.

If opensm wants exclusivity it can flock.

MST