[ofa-general] Re: [PATCH 19/20] IB/ipath - add calls to new 7220 code and enable in build

Roland Dreier rdreier at cisco.com
Fri Apr 4 14:47:17 PDT 2008


 > It looks similar but the values are reversed. This is converting
 > the ib_rate enum to a multiplier of the DDR clock rate which is
 > used as a counter to delay packets. So IB_RATE_2_5_GBPS is 8
 > times slower than IB_RATE_20_GBPS. The standard functions map
 > the enum to a multiplier of the slowest rate so
 > IB_RATE_2_5_GBPS is one. If I used the standard functions, I would
 > still need a lookup table to map 8->1, 1->8, etc.

OK, got it thanks



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