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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=942054108-27102008>I've made recently
several small patches, that make cleaning or fix little problems, we've come
accross.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=942054108-27102008>Here are the
description:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=942054108-27102008>//
cleanings</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=942054108-27102008>1665 - a fix in
calculating of the number of HCA physical ports (relevant only for mixed
IB/Ethernet card);</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=942054108-27102008>1668 - fixed an
error code, returned in one case;</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=942054108-27102008>1670 - removed a
comment line;</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=942054108-27102008>1681 - debug print
formatting errors (like MTHCA instead of MLX4);</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=942054108-27102008>1683 - fix typos in
mlx4_hca and mthca installation scripts;</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=942054108-27102008>1690 - improved
debug printing of WQE buffer in MTHCA;</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=942054108-27102008>1695 - fixes in Soft
Reset mechanism (relevant only for Ethernet driver).</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=942054108-27102008>//
contention</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=942054108-27102008>1671 -
increased MLX4 commands' timeout from 10 to 60 seconds to survive severe
contentions in big clusters;</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=942054108-27102008>1672 - print to
Event Log first several HCA commands timeout errors.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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Command timeout error usually means the card got stuck. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=942054108-27102008>
We saw that on a big China cluster and hear about it from time to time from
various clients.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=942054108-27102008></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=942054108-27102008>//
behavior</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=942054108-27102008>1693 - reduced
ConnectX reset time to accelerate driver start up. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=942054108-27102008>
Now we wait 100 ms and poll for 5 more seconds. There was - 1 second and 10
seconds.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=942054108-27102008></SPAN></FONT> </DIV></SPAN></FONT></DIV></SPAN></FONT></DIV></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=942054108-27102008>//
functionality</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=942054108-27102008></SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=942054108-27102008>1666 - added full query_qp
support to MTHCA driver;</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=942054108-27102008>1667 - enabled a
sanity check, that was disabled in 1574 out of the absense of full query_qp
support in MTHCA;</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=942054108-27102008>1688 - added support
to WPP in mlx4_bus driver. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=942054108-27102008> A
feature, urgently needed for investigating problems with free built
drivers.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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