[ofa-general] Re: [PATCH][TRIVIAL] opensm/osm_node.h: osm_node_get_num_physp description fix
Sasha Khapyorsky
sashak at voltaire.com
Wed Feb 4 12:47:31 PST 2009
On 15:03 Wed 04 Feb , Hal Rosenstock wrote:
> >
> > For switch it will be an actual number of allocated physical ports
> > (struct osm_physp) - port 0 olus number of external ports. For non
> > switch nodes entry '0' is not used.
>
> Right. In my terms, physical is another name for an external port and
> port 0 is not a physical (external) port so I think we're quibbling
> about words. What do you think it should say ?
I don't really have a good opinion :(. Maybe something like:
* Returns the number of osm_physp ports allocated for this for node
* (for switches it is number of external physical ports plus port
* 0 and number of physical ports + 1 for non-switch nodes).
It is long... :(
Sasha
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