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<P><FONT SIZE=2>The bug is only in the meaning of the report.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>No other issue was found with it. </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>The Anafa1 will report this wrong value only after reboot. </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>EZ</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Eitan Zahavi</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Design Technology Director</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Mellanox Technologies LTD</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>> -----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> From: Hal Rosenstock [<A HREF="mailto:halr@voltaire.com">mailto:halr@voltaire.com</A>]</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2005 4:50 PM</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> To: Eitan Zahavi</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Cc: Ronald G. Minnich; openib-general@openib.org</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Subject: RE: [openib-general] Question</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Hi Eitan,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> On Tue, 2005-03-01 at 01:26, Eitan Zahavi wrote:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > Hal wrote:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > > So this looks like a workaround for a bug. Not sure what any of the</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > other symptoms</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > > are but I'm real curious now. Can someone comment more on this ?</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> ></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > The ERR 3610 is really just a warning. It is caused by the Anafa1 chip</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > responding with a LinearFDBTop 0xC000.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Are you sure that the only problem when Anafa1 gets into this state ?</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Does it continue to forward LR packets ? What happens with all the other</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> LIDs now theoretically in play ?</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> I also presume there's no fix for this with Anafa 1. Is that correct ?</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > OpenSM does know how to handle that case and fix it.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Right, the workaround resets LinearFDBTop.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > > At a minimum, the SMA is reporting an invalid value for</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > PortInfo::LinearFDBTop. I</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > > wonder if it also is incapable of forwarding DR MADs as well. That</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > would explain</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > > this.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > There are no issues with that switch ability to do DR mads.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> -- Hal</FONT>
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