[openib-general] [PATCH 2/3] SA: add call to initialize ib_ah_attr from a path record

Jason Gunthorpe jgunthorpe at obsidianresearch.com
Thu May 18 20:09:37 PDT 2006


On Thu, May 18, 2006 at 04:24:16PM -0700, Sean Hefty wrote:

> I should note that I compared the subnet prefixes to determine if the GRH 
> should be used.  Reading back over the 'GRH flag in ib_ah_attr' thread, it 
> looks like there's consensus that hop_limit > 1 is the check that we want.  
> I will update the code accordingly.

I think it is also prudent to not use a GRH if the DGID's prefix is
fe80::/64 (link local scope).

Jason



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