[openib-general] Re: calculate inline data size

[Fab Tillier]

> From: Roland Dreier [mailto:rolandd at cisco.com]
> Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005 11:33 AM
> 
>     Gleb> But how should I know what maximum size that I can use? By
>     Gleb> trial and error?
> 
> This is a good question that I don't have an answer to right now.

Why not add the max inline size to the CA attributes?  HCAs that don't support
inline data would set it to zero.

It does require the user to query the CA attributes to get the limit, but that's
probably OK.

- Fab