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

[Hal Rosenstock]

Sasha,

On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 6:33 AM, Sasha Khapyorsky <sashak at voltaire.com> wrote:
> Hal,
>
> On 16:13 Tue 14 Oct     , Hal Rosenstock wrote:
>>
>> Isn't it at best equal rather than much less critical ? The reason I
>> say at best equal is that it's the first joiner's parameters are used
>> for all SNM groups which could "lock out" the majority of users.
>> That's not the case with IPv4 where the group parameters are
>> configured and only those which don't match can't participate.
>
> Aren't mcmember record parameters (MTU and Rate) for IPv6 SNM join
> copied from IPv4's mcmember record?

from the broadcast group (as all multicast groups do whether IPv6 or
IPv4). So FWIW, it's the same issue as with IPv4 in that sense in
terms of mismatched ports not being able to join (no worse, no
better).

-- Hal

> Sasha