Hey Hal, Now its making more sense to me. Thanks for clearing it up.
Al On Wed, 2008-11-12 at 17:46 -0500, Hal Rosenstock wrote: > Hi Al, > > On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 2:26 PM, Al Chu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Before I run off and write a patch I shouldn't, I thought I'd ask. > > I don't think there's a need (see below). > > > In 10.9.1.2 of the spec, it states, "The P_Key value of 0xFFFF shall > > represent the default partition key." > > Default in this sense is referring to the default partition (and it is > not changeable in the same sense other defaults are). > > All end ports _must_ be a member of the default partition either as a > full or limited member. This is needed for SA communication. See p.882 > Table 185 P_KeyTable (initialization) for one citation on this. There > are others in the spec. > > > (I couldn't find the glossary in the spec about what "shall" means, but > > I assume it means "must" or "required" like RFCs.) > > Yes. > > > Does this mean that a P_Key of 0xFFFF must be in the P_Key_Table? > > Either 0xffff or 0x7fff must be in the P_KeyTable of every end port. > > > Currently, it seems that in opensm, no matter how you write your > > partition.conf file, 0xFFFF will always be the P_Key_Table. This is > > because opensm inserts this in it's internal list by default, and > > nothing (as far as I can find) can remove it/get rid of it out of that > > internal list. > > That's being a full member of the default partition. You should be > able to change this to be a limited member of the default partition > too. > > -- Hal > > > This seems wrong to me, but I'm getting confused on the wording. > > > Thanks, > > Al > > > > -- > > Albert Chu > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Computer Scientist > > High Performance Systems Division > > Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > > -- Albert Chu [EMAIL PROTECTED] Computer Scientist High Performance Systems Division Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory _______________________________________________ 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
