[openib-general] RE: openib-general Digest, Vol 2, Issue 81

[Jan Daley]

There is one case in which a SM can receive an unsolicited directed
route MAD.  The master SM could receive a directed route SubnGet(SMInfo)
from another SM on the subnet that is in the discovering state.

Jan Daley
System Fabric Works
(512) 343-6101 x 13


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Message: 4
Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 11:34:04 -0700
From: Sean Hefty <mshefty at ichips.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [openib-general] ib_mad.h: ib_mad_reg_req question
To: Hal Rosenstock <halr at voltaire.com>
Cc: openib-general at openib.org
Message-ID: <20040831113404.45a65e0d.mshefty at ichips.intel.com>
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On Tue, 31 Aug 2004 15:03:10 -0400
Hal Rosenstock <halr at voltaire.com> wrote:

> To me, this is a 2 part question:
> 1. Is there ever a need to get just one of these classes ? (I don't
> think so but want to be sure...)
> 2. If not, then is it acceptable to muddy the interface this way ?

My first thought is that it changing the API isn't worth the gain.

As an aside question, does the SM receive unsolicited directed route
MADs?  I always thought of directed route MADs as being initiated by the
SM, basically for configuration purposes, and then routed locally (via
ib_process_mad) at the remote side.

- Sean