[openib-general] [PATCH] agent: Fix agent_mad_send PCI mapping and gather address and length

Roland Dreier roland at topspin.com
Wed Nov 10 08:05:14 PST 2004


    Hal> I'm asking about also checking the method prior to calling
    Hal> process_mad. If the method is a response method (e.g. GetResp
    Hal> for one), we could bypass calling process_mad. Or is this not
    Hal> worth the extra checks in the MAD layer as it is low enough
    Hal> overhead and adds additional protocol knowledge into the MAD
    Hal> layer ?

Oh, I see now.  I don't think that's worth doing.  I think keeping the
MAD code simpler is probably best right now.

 - R.




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