[openib-general] [PATCH] install.sh: Cause less pain to SRP users who didn't RTFM

[Cain, Brian (GE Healthcare)]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Roland Dreier [mailto:rdreier at cisco.com] 
> Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2006 4:21 PM
> To: Cain, Brian (GE Healthcare)
> Cc: openib-general at openib.org
> Subject: Re: [openib-general] [PATCH] install.sh: Cause less 
> pain to SRP users who didn't RTFM
> 
> 
>  > +                   echo '!!WARNING!! SRP is not supported 
> for 32-bit OS running on 64-bit capable hardware'
> 
> Did I miss something?  Why doesn't SRP work with 32-bit userspace on a
> 64-bit capable hardware?  In fact why doesn't it work with 32-bit
> userspace on a 64-bit kernel?

AFAICT, it's not a userspace/kernel issue, it's a hardware capability/OS
target issue.

>From srp_release_notes.txt:
~~~~~
========================================================================
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11. Known Issues
========================================================================
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- SRP is not supported on a 32-bit operating system running on a 64-bit
  platform.

~~~~~
Maybe the tests in the patch aren't appropriate for detecting this case,
but it looked right to me.

-BRian