[openib-general] [PATCH] [MAD] changes to ib_create_send_mad

[Sean Hefty]

Hal Rosenstock wrote:
> On Fri, 2005-05-06 at 10:49, Hefty, Sean wrote:
> 
>>>When the ACK is sent, I do not get a send failure. This is expected
>>>based on what you said at the SA side. I think it (TID matching) would
>>>only happen in the MAD layer automatically on the SA client side so you
>>>would get a send failure if the ACK didn't come back in the other
>>>direction.
>>
>>Are you referring to RMPP direction switch?  
> 
> 
> No. I referring to the SA sending the SA GetTableResp as one RMPP send,
> the SA client at the other end not ACKing, but the send that the SA
> issued completing successfully rather than failing with some send status
> indicating something like timeout.

Ah... I think I finally understand now.  I'll see if I can reproduce this.

> 
>>If so, that is not yet
>>implemented.
>>I.e. The code will not generate or process ACKs to ACKs, which are
>>required for
>>RMPP direction switch.  What the code does now is to match RMPP requests
>>with
>>RMPP responses, but in a manner similar to receiver initiated RMPP.
> 
> 
> And what is the definition of request/response in terms of RMPP. I'm not
> sure it is method based if non DATA packets are included.

I was referring only to DATA packets and whether the response bit was set or 
  not.

- Sean