> Quoting Michael S. Tsirkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Subject: Re: Re: [PATCH] for-2.6.23 ib/umad: add partition support > > > Quoting Sean Hefty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Subject: RE: Re: [PATCH] for-2.6.23 ib/umad: add partition support > > > > >This assumes an open file desriptor per-pkey, so the proposed API > > >extension umad_set_pkey would have to be changed to be per-port rather > > >than per-mad. But I think this is a better API, too: most apps > > >likely work within a single partition. > > > > I don't think this is true for apps that use the userspace MAD interface > > (e.g. > > opensm). > > SM (rather, SA) can just open file descriptor per pkey - it created them > itself, > and there's a small number of partitions. > > > Beyond that, this approach doesn't work for receiving MADs on different > > PKeys. > > Yes, it does: we just filter out the MADs where pkey does not match. > > I think that most other apps (besides SA) should really treat > each partition as a separate network. So getting MADs for a specific > pkey, rather than all pkeys, makes total sense to me.
Hal, could you pls comment on whether this approach will work for opensm? -- MST _______________________________________________ general mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openfabrics.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/general To unsubscribe, please visit http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general
