[openib-general] [PATCH]proposal for enabling partial ports on HCA

[Roland Dreier]

    Shirley> There is not a really bitmap there. I just use it to be
    Shirley> easily understood. The client registration has
    Shirley> sequence. Checking resouce dependency is needed to start
    Shirley> upper client registration on that port.

It's not a strict sequence, however.  If the CM fails to initialize a
device, then SDP and SRP cannot use that device.  However, IPoIB can
use the device just fine, even if it loads after the CM.  Similarly,
if SDP fails to initialize a device, then SRP should not be affected
even if it loads after SDP.  And so on.

 - R.