On Mon, 2008-06-16 at 18:07 +0300, Sasha Khapyorsky wrote: > On 07:48 Mon 16 Jun , Hal Rosenstock wrote: > > > > > > I would think so, but didn't check deeply. And in fact actual size of > > > such array can be limited by max supported number of MLIDs in a fabric > > > > Is that really a good idea to limit it in this way ? Guess it could be > > limited with some configurable option but even so if a device with a > > larger MFT comes along then the SM might not work. > > I meant something else - any multicast stuff will be processed in SM > after initial subnet discovery, so it is not a big problem to detect > max needed array size in run-time.
Isn't a similar thing done in terms of unicast ? > OTOH 16K for MLIDs is not a so big deal, I would not bother with such > optimization > unless would explicitly need this. OK with me; I would think such an optimization is a minor change anyhow. -- Hal > 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
