Hi Sean,

Thanks a lot for the quick and detailed response... :).

Hari.

On Fri, 29 Jan 2010, Hefty, Sean wrote:

> >uint8_t timeout; /* Local ack timeout for primary path (valid only for RC
> >QPs)*/
> >
> >I believe that this is the period of time (in seconds) that the IB HCA
> >will wait for the ACK for a packet it sent out before re-transmitting? I
> >was looking as to whether this field can be modified when creating a QP
> >using RDMA_CM.
>
> This field is set based on the packet lifetime carried in the path record.  
> If you're using opensm, there's probably a configuration option that can 
> adjust this (subnet timeout, maybe?).  The time given for the QP attribute is 
> in 'IB time': 4.096 x 2 ^ timeout micro-seconds.
>
> - Sean
>

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