[openib-general] osm unreliable unless -d1 (resolved)

[Hal Rosenstock]

On Mon, 2006-03-06 at 18:44, Jean-Christophe Hugly wrote:
> Well, thanks guy !
> 
> It looks like the spinlocks patch did the trick. The influence of the
> broken ref count was reaching further than expected, I guess. At least,
> spinlock or something else (can't see what in the svn logs), r5642 works
> like a charm.
> 
> The only thing I get that looks a bit disgruntled is this:
> 
> __osm_pi_rcv_process_switch_port: ERR 0F03: Unknown link state = 5, port
> = 0x8

5 is a reserved value for PortInfo::PortState (e.g. link state). So
either the SMA is returning this (in error) or OpenSM somehow corrupts
it after getting it.

-- Hal

> But it does not seem to hurt. And the port at the other end of the link
> seems fine.
> 
> Now, I'll try hard to break the LID assignment and I'll pester you some
> more if something comes up.
>