[ofa-general] IPOIB/CM increase retry counts

[Or Gerlitz]

Pradeep Satyanarayana wrote:
> I brought this issue up on the mailing list sometime in the summer of 2007 is
> my recollection. I could not locate that with a quick search of the archives.
> I will probably do that again later.

Its from December 2007
http://lists.openfabrics.org/pipermail/general/2007-December/044299.html

> However, the crux of the issue is that I was seeing "send completion errors" and
> that is what prompted me to change the retry counts. Please see Table 78 
> "Completion Error Handling for RC Send Queues" in the IB Spec for reference.
> And changing the retry counts did help.

I understand that changing the retry counts eliminated the issue you 
were seeing in your setup, however, its more of an observation than an 
actual problem statement whose solution can be judged. Apart from that, 
I have concerns regarding the approach of adding retries to layer that 
provides unreliable service, see my comments on the other emails, and 
feel free to respond there.

Or.