[ofa-general] Re: [PATCH 2/3] Add combined routing support to libibnetdisc

[Sasha Khapyorsky]

On 14:19 Tue 05 May     , Ira Weiny wrote:
> > 
> > How does it work? Shouldn't be portid->drpath.drslid = portid->lid? What
> > am I missing?
> 
> Using a combined route where we are starting at some remote node.  We have to
> use a directed route which does not start at "our" requester node.  From the
> spec. C14-6 "bullet 6" states:
> 
>    "... If the directed route does not start from the requester node, then
>    DrSLID shall be set to the LID of the requester node, which must have been
>    assigned."
> 
> The requester node is "self" in this case.

Makes sense.

Sasha