[openib-general] basic IB doubt

[Sean Hefty]

>Actually, that leads me to a question: does the vendor of that adaptor
>say that this is actually safe?

I believe so.

>most of the time doesn't mean it does it all of the time. So it it
>really smart to write non-standard-conforming programs unless the
>vendor stands behind that behavior?

I'm not saying whether I consider this good computer science or not, but some
applications do rely on this feature, and hardware that wants to work best with
those applications will have it.

- Sean