[ofa-general] Re: [PATCHv2] infiniband-diags/perfquery.c: Support PMAs which don't support AllPortSelect option

[Sasha Khapyorsky]

On 07:37 Sun 21 Oct     , Hal Rosenstock wrote:
> > > 
> > > >  is temporary limitation (like
> > > > all port simulation for single port CAs only), right?
> > > 
> > > Temporary in the sense that it can be fixed but I have no current plan
> > > to do so as I am unaware of any practical need for this.
> > 
> > Probably it would be better to have cleaner error message then -
> > something like "non-CA nodes are not supported yet."
> 
> To be more precise, it would be "Only single port CAs currently
> supported". Feel free to change the message if you want.
> 
> > > Are you aware of such a need ?
> > 
> > Yes, assuming "all ports" queries are useful.
> 
> Can you be more specific as to where ? Greg's email was the only
> indication of where this was needed.

perfquery is generic utility. Isn't it? Assumig it is we should cover
general usage case and not just specifics.

Sasha