[openib-general] Re: [PATCH] vendor: identify rmpp mads

[Hal Rosenstock]

Hi Ofer,

On Thu, 2006-03-16 at 12:14, Ofer Gigi wrote:
> Hi Hal,
> 
> RMPP mad can only sent in 4 kinds of mad:
> 1. IB_MCLASS_SUBN_ADM 
> 2. IB_MCLASS_DEV_MGMT 
> 3. BIS 
> 4. DevAdm
> 
> If the packet is not 1 or 2 - the mad is not checked and returned in advance as not a 
> rmpp packet.
> Since 3,4 are not management classes (see 13.4.4 page 720 in the spec)

They are in the application class range of the management classes (but
not listed explictly on the page you cite).

>  I don't know 
> whether they are defined as constants or not - so I didn't handle them. 

They are defined in the annexes.

BIS (Annex A6) p.1413 defines its MgmtClass as 0x12.

DevAdm (Annex A7) p. 1480 defines its MgmtClass as 0x10.

-- Hal