[openib-general] Re: [PATCH] agent: Add IB ping server agent

Michael S. Tsirkin mst at mellanox.co.il
Thu Mar 17 09:45:52 PST 2005


Quoting r. Roland Dreier <roland at topspin.com>:
> One other thought just occurred to me -- what advantages does this
> vendor-specific ping MAD have over a LID-routed NodeDescription get query?
> 
>  - R.

I think GetResp will always go to the SM, while OPENIB_PING is point to
point.

-- 
MST - Michael S. Tsirkin



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