[ofa-general] [PATCH 0/3] clean up "__get_mgrp_by_mgid" and add option --consolodate_ipv6_snm_req

[Hal Rosenstock]

On Mon, 2008-01-14 at 11:45 -0800, Ira Weiny wrote:
> The following 3 patches are a much cleaner implementation of what I sent to the
> list on Friday.
> 
> The first 2 patches are just code clean up and I feel should be applied.  The
> 3rd adds the option --consolodate_ipv6_snm_req which causes all IPv6 Solicited
> Node Multicast requests to be grouped into one MCast group per partition.
> 
> Hal has already raised concerns over the MTU and rate differences which might
> cause problems with this approach.  I would also like to make an option to
> create multiple groups via some sort of hash function.  But for now this is a
> clean patch which works for a homogenious network.

I'm not so sure; I think there are problems on the deletion side. I
think the MLID gets torn down with the first group going; and the other
groups wouldn't work.

-- Hal

> 
> Thanks,
> Ira
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