[ofa-general] RE: [PATCH] libibmad: added support for handling of BM (Baseboard management) MADs - FIXED without rmpp

[Itai Baz]

As far as I'm aware, the response_expected handling is sufficient.
BMGet and BMSet always have response.
BMSend may be used both as a request from client to server, and as a
response from server to client


-----Original Message-----
From: Hal Rosenstock [mailto:hal.rosenstock at gmail.com] 
Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 4:50 PM
To: Itai Baz
Cc: Sasha Khapyorsky; OpenIB
Subject: Re: [PATCH] libibmad: added support for handling of BM
(Baseboard management) MADs - FIXED without rmpp

On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 10:25 AM, Itai Baz <itaib at mellanox.com> wrote:
> This patch adds support for handling of BM (Baseboard management)
MADs.
>
> I checked Hal's comment regarding RMPP, indeed there is no need for it

> for BM, so I have removed rmpp, and i'm using now mad_rpc

Thanks.

Also, is the response_expected handling sufficient ? For any BMSend, it
will say no response expected. Is that what is really desired ? I'm not
sure on what basis the BMA sets the response bit in the AM on a
"response" to a BMSend but that is used in the kernel (to determine an
incoming BM response). Should this mimic that idea ?

-- Hal

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