[openib-general] ibv_devinfo

[Roland Dreier]

    Pradeep> On eHCA we find that there are some discrepencies (for
    Pradeep> example the phys_state) between the outputs of
    Pradeep> "ibv_devinfo -v" and the corresponding output of
    Pradeep> ibstatus. Indeed ibstatus does display what is in the
    Pradeep> /sys/class/infiniband/* files, and as expected.

Could you give some details on the differences?  Is ibv_devinfo or
ibstatus giving the correct output?

    Pradeep> I would like to understand the status of ibv_devinfo. Is
    Pradeep> this a supported program -given that the sources for this
    Pradeep> is in the example directory?  Also, I find the source
    Pradeep> (devinfo.c) does appear in the OFED 1.0 tar ball.

I'm not sure what "supported" would mean exactly, but certainly I
would like ibv_devinfo to work as well as possible.  Unfortunately I
can't fix anything without a more detailed report...

 - R.