[openib-general] ucma into kernel.org

Sean Hefty mshefty at ichips.intel.com
Thu Jul 6 13:27:19 PDT 2006


Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> What limits IB retry cound to 15? I would expect it to be arbitrary.  Note I am
> talking about CM REQ retries that we do in software and that are not passed in
> any message.

Max CM retries is a 4-bit value carried in the REQ indicating the number of 
times that a REQ, REP, or DREQ can be retried.  See 12.7.27.  I would expect 
software to adhere to this value.

- Sean




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