[openib-general] Re: [PATCH] agent: Add IB ping server agent

[Hal Rosenstock]

On Thu, 2005-03-17 at 09:44, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> I think we want an option to compile this out of kernel, at least
> for documentation purposes.

Not sure what you mean for documentation purposes.

> I think ping its useful (at least here in mellanox I think
> I was the one who first proposed adding it, before the workshop)
> but after all it *is* a vendor MAD.

It is an open vendor MAD which everyone is free to implement. That was
part of the idea of using getting an OUI for this which can be used
openly. This MAD and others will be documented for anyone to implement
in their end port implementations.

-- Hal