[openib-general] RE: Failed multicast join withnew multicast module

[Greg Lindahl]

On Thu, Jun 08, 2006 at 09:49:35AM -0700, Sean Hefty wrote:

> What if we started with something like the following compliance statement, and
> tried to add this to the spec?
> 
> An SM, upon becoming the master, shall respect all existing communication in the
> fabric, where possible.

Isn't this a quality of implementation issue? It's hard to imagine a
SM author not realizing this is a good thing to do.

If it was in the standard, how would you test it for compliance?

-- g