[ofa-general] ***SPAM*** Re: [PATCH] opensm: update Release Notes for OpenSM version 3.2

[Hal Rosenstock]

On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 7:38 AM, Hal Rosenstock
<hal.rosenstock at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 5:51 PM, Sasha Khapyorsky <sashak at voltaire.com> wrote:
>>
>> Update Release Notes for OpenSM version 3.2
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Sasha Khapyorsky <sashak at voltaire.com>
>> ---
>>  opensm/doc/opensm_release_notes-3.2.txt |  294 ++++++++++++++++++-------------
>>  1 files changed, 175 insertions(+), 119 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/opensm/doc/opensm_release_notes-3.2.txt b/opensm/doc/opensm_release_notes-3.2.txt
>> index 7728849..68178c4 100644
>> --- a/opensm/doc/opensm_release_notes-3.2.txt
>> +++ b/opensm/doc/opensm_release_notes-3.2.txt
>> @@ -17,104 +17,161 @@ This document includes the following sections:
>>   dependencies)
>
> <snip...>
>
>>  1.1 Major New Features
> \> +* Solicited Node Multicast addresses consolidation
>
> IPv6 Solicited Node Multicast address consolidation
>
>> +  When this mode is used (enabled with --consolidate_ipv6_snm_req option)
>> +  OpenSM will map all IPv6 Solicited Node Multicast address join requests
>> +  into a single Multicast group with address ff10:601b::1:ff00:0. In this
>> +  way limited MLID space is saved. The feature is very useful with large
>> +  (~> 1024 nodes) clusters.
>
> Isn't there truth in adversing ? This should also say:
>
> This IBA noncompliant feature may be problematic in heterogeneous
> subnets (due to rate and MTU differences).

Also:

+* Support separate SA and SM keys as clarified in IBA 1.2.1

Not just separate keys but:
The default key changes should be highlighted as well as
incompatibility with previous OpenSM and saquery versions.

-- Hal

> -- Hal
>
> <snip...>
>