[openib-general] Re: [PATCH 9 of 20] ipath - char devices for diagnostics and lightweight subnet management

[Bryan O'Sullivan]

On Thu, 2006-03-09 at 21:59 -0800, Roland Dreier wrote:

> So why do you need all the in-kernel SMA code in ipath_mad.c?

That supports ib_mad.

> Why can't you just have one SMA that has the union of all the features
> you need?

Because we don't want to be forced to have an IB stack present in order
to run the minimal SMA.

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