[openib-general] CM comments

[Fab Tillier]

> From: Sean Hefty [mailto:mshefty at ichips.intel.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2005 1:30 PM
> 
> Fab Tillier wrote:
> > Are the IB_CM_MRA_XXX_SENT states needed?  I don't see anything in
> > the IB spec that prohibits a client from sending multiple MRA
> > messages, but maybe I missed it.  If the CM repeats the MRA as
> > described above, then I think only allowing the client to send
> > one MRA is fine.
> 
> For the CM to repeat the MRA, I think it needs these states.  I'm not
> sure what you mean by "multiple MRA messages".

I meant a client calling ib_cm_send_mra multiple times in a row to keep
extending the timeout.  In any case, you're right that if the CM is to
repeat those MADs, then it needs those states.

- Fab