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

[Hal Rosenstock]

On Thu, 2005-03-17 at 10:11, Roland Dreier wrote:
> I would suggest moving the ping server at least into its own source
> file, if not into its own module.  I'm not convinced that we want to
> have a vendor-specific MAD handler unconditionally compiled into the
> core MAD support.

Moving this into it's own source file is straightforward. As to whether
it is unconditionally compiled in or now, it loses some of its value is
it is a compile time option. But that is also easy to add another config
option for this if that is what the community desires.

> It might make some sense to have the option of handling ping packets
> in kernel space but I think it should also be possible to just run a
> userspace ping server.
> 
> Also, is there documentation about the format of these ping MADs?

I believe this should be available by day's end.

-- Hal.