On 05:53 Sun 21 Oct     , Hal Rosenstock wrote:
> On Sun, 2007-10-21 at 14:04 +0200, Sasha Khapyorsky wrote:
> > On 16:25 Tue 16 Oct     , Hal Rosenstock wrote:
> > > infiniband-diags/perfquery.c: Support PMAs which don't support
> > > AllPortSelect option
> > > 
> > > Currently only support single port HCAs are supported in this mode but
> > > this can be extended for other devices if needed
> > > 
> > > Tested-by: Greg Kurtzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Signed-off-by: Hal Rosenstock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > 
> > Applied. Thanks.
> > 
> > However I have a question below.
> > 
> > > + if (allports == 1) {
> > > +
> > > +         /*
> > > +          * Simulate all ports support in PMA
> > > +          * Determine node type, number of (physical) ports,
> > > +          * and, if switch, whether SP0 is enhanced
> > > +          * to determine first and last port to query
> > > +          */
> > > +
> > > +         /* For now, support single port CAs */
> > > +         if (smp_query(data, &portid, IB_ATTR_NODE_INFO, 0, 0) < 0)
> > > +                 IBERROR("smp query nodeinfo failed");
> > > +         node_type = mad_get_field(data, 0, IB_NODE_TYPE_F);
> > > +         if (node_type != IB_NODE_CA)    /* NodeType other than CA ? */
> > > +                 IBERROR("smp query nodeinfo: Node type not CA");
> > 
> > Not supporting switches and routers
> 
> and multiport CAs
> 
> >  is temporary limitation (like
> > all port simulation for single port CAs only), right?
> 
> Temporary in the sense that it can be fixed but I have no current plan
> to do so as I am unaware of any practical need for this.

Probably it would be better to have cleaner error message then -
something like "non-CA nodes are not supported yet."

> Are you aware
> of such a need ?

Yes, assuming "all ports" queries are useful.

Sasha
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