[openib-general] [PATCH 0/4] SA path record caching

[Hal Rosenstock]

On Tue, 2006-01-31 at 17:44, Sean Hefty wrote:
> Hal Rosenstock wrote:
> >>>The query response is PathRecords not MultiPathRecords.
> >>
> >>Okay - this is what I was missing.  It makes a whole lot more sense now.  Thanks.
> > 
> > Indeed, that's the confusing part... It's the only nonsymettric SA
> > query/response where the query is one thing and the response another.
> 
> To make things a little worse, it looks like MultiPathRecord support is 
> optional.

Yes, it is an optional feature. There is an SA ClassPortInfo capability
mask bit for this (and another one for the enhanced feature).

>   Do all SAs (outside of OpenSM) support this attribute (along with 
> double-sided RMPP)?

Not currently AFAIK but if this is truly useful, the customers will
demand it and the vendors who currently don't support it will need to
implement it.

-- Hal