[openib-general] RE: [openib-commits] r3137 -gen2/trunk/src/linux-kernel/infiniband/ulp/ipoib

[Roland Dreier]

    Hal> Will 2 limited members now be able to talk with each other ?

No, that's not possible.

    Hal> If this change makes the MC requests to the full partition
    Hal> for limited members, that seems correct (as limited MC groups
    Hal> are useless). If it causes/also causes the UD AVs used to
    Hal> send to have their limited PKey to be promoted to full
    Hal> member, then that is not fine. Does it do the latter as well
    Hal> as the former ?

No, that's not possible either.  An HCA port can only send UD messages
with one of the P_Keys programmed into its P_Key table.

 - R.