[ewg] Changing min_rnr_timer and timeout attributes of QP

Hefty, Sean sean.hefty at intel.com
Wed Feb 6 22:29:48 PST 2013


> I am trying to change min_rnr_timer and timeout attribute of QP from the Linux
> kernel (RHEL6.3). The QP is created using rdma_create_qp() of rdma_cm moduleand
> not ib_create_qp() as I want a generic code to work over IB as well as ROCEE.

These cannot be changed directly.  The min_rnr_timeout is set to 0, which is the maximum.  The timeout value is determined based on the packet lifetime reported by the SA.  You may be able to configure the SM to set a higher/lower packet lifetime.

- Sean



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