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<P><FONT SIZE=2>> -----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> From: Sean Hefty [<A HREF="mailto:mshefty@ichips.intel.com">mailto:mshefty@ichips.intel.com</A>] </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Sent: Friday, April 29, 2005 1:33 AM</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>> Based on my understanding of Mellanox FMRs, I thought that this true. </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> The buffers are still available to the remote host even after </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> deregistration occurs. Of course my understanding could be wrong...</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Yes and no. You can explicitly make them unavailable to remote if you</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>invalidate the caches. If you don't invalidate the caches, then they may</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>be available and may not be available depending on whether the old </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>entries are still hanging out there in the cache.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> - Sean</FONT>
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