[ewg] Re: [PATCH v3] libibmad: Handle MAD redirection

[Joachim Fenkes]

Hal Rosenstock <hal.rosenstock at gmail.com> wrote on 01.07.2009 17:54:41:

> It does say that the LID might not be valid even though non-zero.

Can you elaborate on that? I can't seem to find that in the spec.
What I do find, though, is this:

"If this value is non-zero, it is the DLID a requester _shall_ use to 
access the
class services." -- v1.2, p736, line 7

Which sounds to me like: If it's non-zero, it's valid and you must use it.

> I'm
> thinking of the more general case (future) rather than just IBM eHCA
> usage.

I stopped thinking "eHCA only" two patches ago, don't worry ;)

BTW, I'm going to be out of the office starting now and returning next 
Tuesday,
so let's continue this discussion next week ;)

Cheers,
  Joachim