[openib-general] Should I use umad -or- osm

[shaharf]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael S. Tsirkin [mailto:mst at mellanox.co.il]
> Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2004 6:53 PM
> To: Philip Mucci
> Cc: shaharf; openib-general at openib.org
> Subject: Re: [openib-general] Should I use umad -or- osm
> 
> Its clearly not a great idea to let non-root inject arbitrary MADs
> into the system ,is it?
> 
> MST

I guess that in this stage only root will able to use user mode mads.
Later I would consider letting non-root applications use some mads -
meaning most of the get/query mads, and some of the set mads. I won't
rely on root access for security. There are mkey, qkey and pkey to
handle that.

Shahar