[ofa-general] Re: [PATCH 0/3] clean up "__get_mgrp_by_mgid" and add option --consolodate_ipv6_snm_req

Hal Rosenstock hrosenstock at xsigo.com
Mon Jan 14 17:08:16 PST 2008


On Tue, 2008-01-15 at 00:42 +0000, Sasha Khapyorsky wrote:
> On 16:09 Mon 14 Jan     , Hal Rosenstock wrote:
> > On Tue, 2008-01-15 at 00:11 +0000, Sasha Khapyorsky wrote:
> > > On 11:45 Mon 14 Jan     , Ira Weiny wrote:
> > > > The following 3 patches are a much cleaner implementation of what I sent to the
> > > > list on Friday.
> > > > 
> > > > The first 2 patches are just code clean up and I feel should be applied.  The
> > > > 3rd adds the option --consolodate_ipv6_snm_req which causes all IPv6 Solicited
> > > > Node Multicast requests to be grouped into one MCast group per partition.
> > > 
> > > All three patches are applied. Thanks.
> > 
> > This seems a little fast for me.
> 
> It looks like a nice start for me.
> 
> > I didn't think we were even done with
> > the discussion yet.
> 
> Sure, and we can continue from this point.
> 
> (Ira stated that this patch series are not a final solution, but already
> provides sophisticated functionality right now. The feature itself is
> optional and I don't see a big risk here.)

It may work in Ira's configuration but I'm not even sure it follows the
IBA spec. It may also cause issues if misused (e.g. MTU, rate,
partitions, etc.).

-- Hal

> 
> Sasha
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