[ofa-general] [RFC] [PATCH 0/3] 2.6.23: basic support for IBrouters

[Sean Hefty]

>Should there be some conditionalization of any non IBA compliant code so
>it is only turned on if someone really wants this ?

That is doable.  AFIK, the only non-compliance is using the permissive LIDs in
the CM REQ.  I don't believe this causes any interoperability issues with fully
compliant code.  It should just result in a rejected connection request.

>I presume this is to be replaced by the real code some time in the
>future once the IBA spec for these router issues is decided.

Yes.  The changes to the RDMA CM and passive side IB CM will likely need to be
replaced (patches 2 & 3).  The active side IB CM changes (patch 1) may be okay
unless wording to the 1.2 spec changes.  (Patch 1 could also be used to support
non-reversible paths at some point, but more work may be needed.)

- Sean