[openib-general] ib_mad.h: ib_mad_reg_req question

Hal Rosenstock halr at voltaire.com
Tue Aug 31 12:48:38 PDT 2004


On Tue, 2004-08-31 at 15:39, Roland Dreier wrote:
>     Sean> As an aside question, does the SM receive unsolicited
>     Sean> directed route MADs?  I always thought of directed route
>     Sean> MADs as being initiated by the SM, basically for
>     Sean> configuration purposes, and then routed locally (via
>     Sean> ib_process_mad) at the remote side.
> 
> It shouldn't -- I'm pretty sure there's a compliance statement that
> says only the SM may originate DR SMPs (obviously other nodes are
> allowed to return their responses).

That would be C14-5 (and would need changing if DR traps were ever to be
added).

-- Hal




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