[openib-general] [PATCH] Allow setting of NodeDescription

[Hal Rosenstock]

On Fri, 2005-09-16 at 00:55, Eitan Zahavi wrote: 
> For the gen2 stack we could use the following "hack":
> OpenSM scans all nodes for their description every time it does a full sweep.
> So we could cause an extra sweep after each node description change by faking trap 144
> (HCA port capability mask change) and sending it over.

Is a full sweep needed to handle a single HCA port capability mask
change ?

Also, couldn't the NodeDescription change be handled with a light sweep
(if SM Get NodeDescription were added there) ? That might be better or
are there other issues with doing it that way ?

-- Hal