[ofa-general] opensm - can/cannot set alternate default pkey?

[Al Chu]

Before I run off and write a patch I shouldn't, I thought I'd ask.

In 10.9.1.2 of the spec, it states, "The P_Key value of 0xFFFF shall
represent the default partition key."

(I couldn't find the glossary in the spec about what "shall" means, but
I assume it means "must" or "required" like RFCs.)

Does this mean that a P_Key of 0xFFFF must be in the P_Key_Table?
Currently, it seems that in opensm, no matter how you write your
partition.conf file, 0xFFFF will always be the P_Key_Table.  This is
because opensm inserts this in it's internal list by default, and
nothing (as far as I can find) can remove it/get rid of it out of that
internal list.

This seems wrong to me, but I'm getting confused on the wording.

Thanks,
Al

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Albert Chu
chu11 at llnl.gov
Computer Scientist
High Performance Systems Division
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory