[openib-general] [PATCHv2][RFC] kDAPL: use cm timers instead of own

[Hal Rosenstock]

On Tue, 2005-06-14 at 10:00, Talpey, Thomas wrote:
> At 09:49 AM 6/14/2005, Hal Rosenstock wrote:
> >Are you proposing that the number of retries be set to 0 then
> >(regardless of the timeout requested) ?
> 
> All I am suggesting is that the number of retries is not something the
> consumer can or should be specifying. Whatever the appropriate
> number is, is something for the transport to choose. It's an
> internal detail.

Yes, I was proposing that that this be calculated internally based on 
the requested timeout. Sorry if that was not clear.

> >The CM is not using exponential backoff.
> 
> Okay, though I would suggest it should. In any case, iWARP (TCP)
> does, and that's important to bear in mind.

It could easily be made to do this. What do others think about this ?

-- Hal