On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 03:00:49PM -0700, Ira Weiny wrote:

> I agree it would be nice if one could issue a combined path and "scan through"
> any xCA on the fabric.  However, I don't think it is allowed, nor correct to
> do so.

Well, it is explicitly not allowed:

2) If Hop Count is non zero and Hop Pointer is in the range 1  Hop        
   Pointer < Hop Count, this SMI is an intermediate hop in the directed   
   route portion of the path. If the node is not a switch, the SMI shall  
   discard the SMP, otherwise the SMI shall alter the contents of the
   directed route SMP as follows:

> Even if this is considered vague there would be a problem a xCA was allowed.

That sort of behavior is explicitly disallowed in other cases, like
reading port info.

Jason
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