[openib-general] Re: RFC: e2e credits

[Michael S. Tsirkin]

Quoting r. Hal Rosenstock <halr at voltaire.com>:
> > However we have this, towards the end of page 355.
> > 
> > ----
> > 
> > "Even a responder which does generate end-to-end credits may choose to send
> > the 'invalid' code in the AETH"
> > 
> > ----
> > 
> > This seems to imply that HCA (which must generate end-to-end credits)
> > may choose to send the 'invalid' code in the AETH?
> > 
> > What's your take on this?
> 
> Isn't it needed for when HCAs talk to TCAs which don't support E2E ?

How so? This explicitly talks about responders that do support E2E.

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Michael S. Tsirkin
Staff Engineer, Mellanox Technologies