[openib-general] Handling SM class (SMInfo vs. other queries)
Roland Dreier
roland at topspin.com
Mon Oct 25 10:47:53 PDT 2004
Sean> I was thinking of DR MADs, that have several checks, plus
Sean> updates to the hop_ptr. Are we talking about handing MADs
Sean> to the driver immediately after it is received, or
Sean> immediately before it would be dispatched to other clients?
I guess right before dispatch to other clients -- there's no way for
the low-level driver to tell whether or not the hop_count/hop_ptr
checks and updates have been done or not, so it would just
(incorrectly) consume the MAD and generate a response the first time
around.
- R.
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