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

[Sean Hefty]

Roland Dreier wrote:
> Yes, I agree we should fix the bugs in error handling during
> registration.  However, I don't think that a mask of ports is the
> right answer -- it doesn't seem to address the real issue.  We should
> just make sure that if, say, the MAD layer fails to initialize a
> device, then all clients that depend on the MAD layer don't try to use
> that device.  I'm not sure what the right way to express these
> dependencies is, however.

One possibility is to have each layer verify the device/port parameters.  The 
MAD layer can verify that the specified device/port are valid in 
ib_register_mad_agent().  Similar for other other modules.

We also have the port capability mask available that could be used.

- Sean