[ofa-general] [PATCH 5/7 V3] osm: QoS - adding QoS policy options

[Hal Rosenstock]

On 8/31/07, Sasha Khapyorsky <sashak at voltaire.com> wrote:
> On 07:21 Fri 31 Aug     , Hal Rosenstock wrote:
> > On 8/31/07, Sasha Khapyorsky <sashak at voltaire.com> wrote:
> > > On 06:58 Thu 30 Aug     , Hal Rosenstock wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > >  And when the setup part of the new QoS will be ready, would we still want
> > > > > >  the SL2VL and VLArb tables to appear in the opts file?
> > > > >
> > > > > Don't think. Why we need it in two places?
> > > >
> > > > Are you saying that the existing QoS will get these tables from the
> > > > new QoS syntax (and the existing syntax eliminated) ?
> > >
> > > Yes. I think it is better than to keep two potentially conflicting
> > > configurations.
> > >
> > > > If so, what
> > > > about backward compatibility ? Also, how straightforward is it to
> > > > specify the equivalent as the existing syntax ? Will a conversion tool
> > > > be supplied ?
> > >
> > > Not sure it is needed - it is just few lines of text now.
> >
> > The new equivalent syntax ?
>
> The new syntax is not equivalent, but similar in part of vlarb and sl2vl
> configuration, it is much more powerful and requires some extra lines.
> In order to have equivalent configurations vlarb and sl2vl should be
> specified by node/port type.

Is there/will there be such a syntax ?

-- Hal

>Hope I'm not worng about this.
>
> Sasha
>