[ofa-general] RE: minimum sw components requirement for driver/opensm in a single unmanaged switch network

[Sean Hefty]

> Can the opensm resides in the end node which does the RDMA operation
> as well? 

yes

> The ib_core includes ib_sa and ib_cm modules, I use ib_core without
> these two modules, plus ib_mad and ib_mthca, in a single managed
> switch network, they work fine. Now I'm using a unmanaged switch with
> opensm, can I still use the previous driver modules (without ib_sa and
> ib_cm)? Of cause opensm need to be customized as well (no SA and CM?).


I was referring to actual modules, with ib_core being separate from
ib_sa and ib_cm.  You can make due without ib_sa and ib_cm, provided
that you get similar functionality from another source.  (I.e. get path
information and exchange QP data.)

- Sean