<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">If for any reason, some ports of the
IB device are not ready during device initialization, none of the ports
on that device are being initialized. (see ib_mad_device_init()). In other
words the device is not usable by this limitation. Also, once the unready
ports are avaliable later, IB should allow these ports to be initialized
later. Any objection? </font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"><br>
Shirley Ma<br>
IBM Linux Technology Center<br>
15300 SW Koll Parkway<br>
Beaverton, OR 97006-6063<br>
Phone(Fax): (503) 578-7638</font>