[ofa-general] Re: OSM_DEFAULT_SM_KEY byte order

[Sasha Khapyorsky]

Hi Hal,

On 07:30 Tue 03 Jun     , Hal Rosenstock wrote:
> 
> Question:
> What is the expected effect on the wire of these changes (separate cases
> of little and big endian machines if different) ?

On both little and big endian machines default SM Key value on the wire
is '1' in network byte order. It changes the behavior of OpenSM on a
little endian machine, where by mistake actual value was
'0x0100000000000000' and leaves it as is on a big endian machines.

> Request:
> If your proposal changes default wire behavior, please make sure this is
> documented (in more than just the git log) so it stands less of a chance
> of being missed by users who might not follow all these discussions very
> closely.

Works good for me.

Sasha