[openib-general] [PATCH] opensm: observe PartitionEnforcementCap ofzero

Sasha Khapyorsky sashak at voltaire.com
Thu Mar 30 08:39:46 PST 2006


Hello Eitan,

On 10:33 Thu 30 Mar     , Eitan Zahavi wrote:
> I would rather have the PartitionManager inspect the IB attributes
> defining the port P_Key table length then change the pre-allocation of
> PKey entry. Even if this does not break anything.

P_Key tables are port's attribute, I don't think that PartitionManager
should deal with port's tables allocations.

> 
> So I propose the partition manager inspect:
> NodeInfo.PartitionCap - for Switch Port 0, HCA and Router)
> SwitchInfo.PartitionEnforcementCap - for Switch Extarnal ports

Yes, port's capability check in partition manager is helpful -
in part of partition enforcement bit activation on switch's external
ports (as proposed - SwitchInfo.PartitionEnforcementCap).

Sasha.



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