[ofa-general] Re: [PATCH] opensm: preserve base lid routes

[Hal Rosenstock]

On Thu, 2008-06-12 at 15:16 +0300, Sasha Khapyorsky wrote:
> On 04:50 Thu 12 Jun     , Hal Rosenstock wrote:
> > On Thu, 2008-06-12 at 14:46 +0300, Sasha Khapyorsky wrote:
> > > On 04:45 Thu 12 Jun     , Hal Rosenstock wrote:
> > > > >          
> > > > >         LMC > 0 is mainly used by MPI, all other protocols /
> > > > >         applications will use only one LID (PATH),
> > > > 
> > > > That's today; what happens when more ULPs are able to take advantage of
> > > > alternate LIDs ?
> > > 
> > > Will be even better since those LIDs will be better balanced now.
> > 
> > Right but why is OK to disrupt non base LID traffic but not base LID
> > traffic ? Is it only because it's only being used by one ULP
> > currrently ?
> 
> How this disrupt non base LID traffic more than it was now?

I didn't say that. I was asking why it's OK for non base LID traffic but
not base LID traffic. Isn't it that's it's many ULPs rather than just
MPI ?

> Potentially it could be affected by only base LIDs balancing it is against all LIDs
> balancing today.

I can't parse that sentence.

-- Hal

> Sasha