[openib-general] SA cache design

[Sean Hefty]

Eitan Zahavi wrote:
>> Can someone familiar with the opensm code tell me how difficult it 
>> would be to extract out the code that tracks the subnet data and 
>> responds to queries?
> 
> I guess you mean the code that is answering to PathRecord queries?

Yes - that along with answering other queries.

> It is possible to extract the "SMDB" objects and duplicate that database.
> I am not sure it is such a good idea. What if the SM is not OpenSM?

I was thinking in terms of code re-use, and not in terms of which SM was 
running.  Interfacing to the SM would be through standard queries.

- Sean