[ofa-general][PATCH] mlx4: Prereserved Qp regions (MP support, Patch4)
Sean Hefty
sean.hefty at intel.com
Tue Apr 22 11:25:10 PDT 2008
>We reserve Qp ranges to be used by other modules in case
>the ports come up as Ethernet ports.
>The qps are reserved at the end of the QP table.
>(This way we assure that they are alligned to their size)
Can you explain this in more detail? What are the 'other modules'? Are you
reserving specific QP numbers? Are the QPs only reserved when running over
Ethernet? Why is this done/needed exactly?
I don't really understand the alignment comment, but that's a separate issue for
me.
- Sean
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