At 05:14 PM 3/23/2009, Vu Pham wrote: >Tom Talpey wrote: >> At 03:13 PM 3/23/2009, Tziporet Koren wrote: >> >>> Vu Pham wrote: >>> >>>> The patch does not work with old FW. >>>> The old fw set the bit; however, it has bug on FRWR >>>> >>>> >>> But I think we have to push the new code >>> A drop of the FW with a fix is already available and it will be GA in >>> few months >>> >> >> I don't fully understand - do you mean the need for setting the >> LOCAL_WRITE bit goes away with this upcoming ConnectX firmware? >> > >No - the setting for LOCAL_WRITE bit will still be needed for this >upcoming ConnectX FW.
Ok, two question in that case... 1) What's the firmware fix that Tziporet mentions actually for? 2) Is the need for LOCAL_WRITE documented at the FRMR verb layer, and do other implementations agree that it's harmless? Tom. > > >> In other words, the NFS/RDMA is correct, currently, and Vu's patch >> is therefore purely a workaround for a firmware bug? >> >> I feel differently about pushing this fix upstream, if so. >> >> Tom. >> >> > > _______________________________________________ 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
