[ofa-general] ***SPAM*** Re: [PATCH] infiniband-diags Add support for PortXmitWait counter

[Eli Dorfman (Voltaire)]

Hal Rosenstock wrote:
> Eli.
> 
> On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 7:17 AM, Eli Dorfman (Voltaire)
> <dorfman.eli at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I understand that ClassPortInfo specifies whether PortXmitWait is supported.
>> It does not distinguish between get and set operation.
>> We have seen that ClassPortInfo to IS4 returns garbage.
> 
> I don't have such a device. By garbage, do you mean that it responds
> to Get CPI but the contents of the CPI response specifically
> CapabilityMask field is garbage ?

IS4 device response is the same as the request.
ConnectX CA with fw 2.6.0 returns correct response, so I can test it with the CA.

> If that is the case, I don't see a generalized fix for this and only a
> specific workaround being possible (like device IS4 and firmware
> version checks which is pretty ugly).
> 
> Any other ideas ?
>