On Thu, 2007-12-27 at 15:07 +0200, Yevgeny Kliteynik wrote: > Yevgeny Kliteynik wrote: > > Sasha Khapyorsky wrote: > >> On 14:29 Tue 25 Dec , Yevgeny Kliteynik wrote: > >>> Fixing wrong setting of partition enforcement bits on switch ports. > >>> When an HCA port is configured with a certain pkey, the peer port > >>> on the switch should turn on outbound partition enforcement bit only. > >>> Turning on the inbound enforcement will cause the switch to drop > >>> valid packets if the HCA is partial member. > >> > >> Nice catch! > >> > >> Interesting how "inbound enforcement" switch service could be useful at > >> all? > It appears that the inbound enforcement is actually a useful thing.
Indeed :-) > Basically, it all boils down to the question where would you drop > the packet with a wrong pkey. Exactly. > With only outbound enforcement the packet is dropped by the > *last* port before target. (and it would be dropped at the endport anyhow). > With inbound the packet is dropped > by the *first* port - the one that is connected to the source HCA. Way more useful as this saves the network bandwidth. > Anyway, I'm reviewing the spec again in this area, and I'll probably > post a patch that turns on the inbound enforcement too later today. Good to hear. -- Hal > -- Yevgeny > > > > Beats me... > > > > -- Yevgeny > > > >>> Signed-off-by: Yevgeny Kliteynik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> > >> Applied. Thanks. > >> > >> Sasha > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ 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
