[openib-general] SM Bad Port Handling

[Matt Leininger]

On Thu, 2005-04-07 at 23:02 +0300, Eitan Zahavi wrote:
> >  
> > At this point, should it attempt to revive the port by bringing the 
> > physical link down and back up ? Should it try this several times
> before 
> > declaring the port as "bad" ? In any case, this is a refinement on
> the 
> > basic strategy for dealing with this scenario. 
> >  
> > Also, there could also be a periodic "ping" at a slower rate to
> check if 
> > the "bad" ports revive. 
> [EZ] This will be released in gen1 within 2 weeks or so. The
> enhancement to light sweep will include the irresponsive ports in the
> light sweep. Once they respond a new heavy sweep will be generated.
> 
 Are you submitting these changes to gen2?  If not, why not?  


   - Matt