[openib-general] Re: libibverbs and max inline data

[Roland Dreier]

    Roland> I think you may be misunderstanding the suggestion.  The
    Roland> idea is that the driver takes the input value of
    Roland> max_inline_data as a hint, and tries to allocate a QP that
    Roland> supports that value.  However, if the value is too large,
    Roland> the driver reduces the value down to the largest value
    Roland> that it can support.

    James> I don't think this is true:

Right, it isn't true yet.  I was trying to explain Michael's
suggestion for improving the interface.

    James> So if there was an error, the function return without
    James> updating the user's cap values. Is this a bug?

No.  What should it return?  No QP has been created, so it doesn't
make sense to return the capacity of the QP.

 - R.