[openib-general] DAPL for openib

[Michael S. Tsirkin]

Hello!
Quoting r. Roland Dreier (roland at topspin.com) "Re: [openib-general] DAPL for openib":
> 
>     Sean> We need to discuss how to route MADs to the SMA.  Are you
>     Sean> suggesting that the SMA would register for MADs the same as
>     Sean> any other client?  My plan was to extend the ib_mad_reg_req
>     Sean> structure as needed.  I limited it to version, class, method
>     Sean> currently, since it easily allows O(1) routing.  We could
>     Sean> add in AttributeID and AttributeModifier if those are
>     Sean> needed.
> 
> I don't know how the SMA should be handled.  In the Topspin drivers
> it's a bit of a special case -- it gets to see all MADs before any
> other consumers.  We could do the same, or have the SMA register.
> 
>  - R.

I'm not sure I understand the semantics -
if SMA simply registers without supplying
version, class or method, will it get to see all MADs?

MST