[openib-general] How to connect gen2 CM to gen1 IBGD CM?

Roland Dreier rdreier at cisco.com
Wed Sep 13 13:45:34 PDT 2006


    >> Do you have a cmpost for gen1 IBGD I can use to connect from
    >> gen2 to gen1?

    Sean> No - the gen1 code is really the old Topspin code.  Topspin
    Sean> is now part of Cisco, so they may have something.

No, no one has bothered to port any of that stuff to the old obsolete stack.

    >> Or is there any other trick to play here?

    Sean> I don't think so.  I'm pretty sure that this has been tried
    Sean> before and has worked.  Can you try connecting from the gen1
    Sean> system to the gen2 system and see if the REQ shows up?

Yes, for example Mellanox SRP target code is based on gen1, and the
current Linux ("gen2") SRP initiator can connect to it fine.

 - R.




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