[openib-general] gen2_basic patch 5/10: select a valid port number

[Hal Rosenstock]

On Wed, 2006-09-20 at 01:05, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> Quoting r. Hal Rosenstock <halr at voltaire.com>:
> > Subject: Re: gen2_basic patch 5/10: select a valid port number
> > 
> > On Tue, 2006-09-19 at 21:16, Robert Walsh wrote:
> > > Hal Rosenstock wrote:
> > > > On Tue, 2006-09-19 at 20:28, Robert Walsh wrote:
> > > >> gen2_basic - select a valid port number
> > > >>
> > > >> Port numbers start at 1, not 0.
> > > > 
> > > > True for CA and routers but not switches.
> > > 
> > > Yeah.  Does anyone run gen2_basic on switches, though?  I assumed it was
> > > HCA-centric.
> > 
> > Yes, that appears to be the scope but I'm not 100% sure.
> 
> Its easy to get linux running on a switch, so why not? You just
> need to write a low level driver that cn send/receve MADs.
> We did run a gen1 port on a switch at some point, and someone might want to
> do it again.

And the only limitation would be what switch port 0 (extended, base)
supports relative to these tests.

-- Hal