[openib-general] Re: Continue to experience problems in installing Gen2 on IA-32

[Roland Dreier]

    Weikuan> Thanks for the patch. This works for our adaptors too.

Great, I will check it in to svn and send it upstream to the kernel.

    Weikuan> Out of my curiosity, it seems like this patch takes
    Weikuan> firmware parameters and feed it back as it is when
    Weikuan> INIT_IB, instead of assuming port width being (1x |
    Weikuan> 4x). So wonder now the logic, in this regard, is in place
    Weikuan> for future 8x (?) or 12x adaptors with the other two
    Weikuan> bits, right?

Yes, assuming the software interface remains the same, 8X and 12X
adapters should "just work."

 - R.