[openib-general] Re: Dual Sided RMPP Support as well as OpenSM Implications

[Roland Dreier]

    Hal> I thought about using the high order bit of the rmpp_version
    Hal> as this would never get to needing 8 bits. It seems this is
    Hal> not a per registration thing though although that approach
    Hal> would work. This has other minor downsides. Is this due to
    Hal> adverseness to ioctls ?

Yeah, mostly adverseness to ioctls.  But it does seem to be a
per-registration thing.  After all, I assume this is something that is
a property of a MAD agent -- otherwise how does the MAD core know how
to react to a two-sided RMPP when it gets one?

 - R.