On Wed, 2006-02-22 at 06:56, Takshak C. wrote:
> Hal Rosenstock wrote: 
> > > Please throw some light on this. Do you have any userspace SA support for 
> > > retrieving path, service record 
> > > information ?
> > >     
> > 
> > There have been discussions about userspace SA support but nothing
> > currently for OpenIB (gen2). Currently, you can get this by using
> >   
> Could you please tell me, when userspace SA support will be available
> in openIB gen2. 

I don't know but I'm not sure how much this helps you based on your
questions below.

> > osm_vendor_ibumad_sa.c which supports most SA requests. It is built as
> > part of libosmvendor (part of the OpenSM build) but can be used outside
> > of OpenSM. It is used by osmtest if you want to look at some use cases.
> > It obtains PathRecords and ServiceRecords. That might be an easier
> > direction to go than trying to use the management libraries to build the
> > pieces of a userspace SA client you want.
> > 
> > -- Hal
> >   
> See, to execute osmtest, I found that openSM instance must be there.

Must be where ? What is your IB configuration ?

>  So, even if I use part 
> of libosmvendor library ( osm_vendor_ibumad_sa.c) functions, I have to
> start openSM 
> instance to execute the SA query successfully. 

An SM is needed in the subnet and SA is part of that and answers such
queries.

> Without starting openSM client, I m able to retrieve node description,
> node info, SM info,
> port info by using management libraries libibumad and libibmad. 

of the local node only (until the SM brings up the subnet).

> What I want to achieve is, without talking with openSM instance, my SA
> query client 
> should go and get the required information. 

Why ?

> Is this possible ?. 

No. What would you query for paths to if the subnet were not up ?

-- Hal

> Would like to know your inputs on this. 
> 
> Regards,
> - Takshak 
> > > Regards.
> > > - Takshak 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Hal Rosenstock wrote:
> > > 
> > >     
> > > > Hi,
> > > > 
> > > > There are a couple of issues with the below.
> > > > 
> > > > 1. SA MAD structure is missing the RMPP header. Once I saw that I 
> > > > didn't check for further issues with the format.
> > > > 
> > > > 2. I will assume your register call sets RMPP.
> > > > 
> > > > 3. SA class version is 2.
> > > > 
> > > > What SM are you using ? If you are using OpenSM, you can turn on 
> > > > verbose and see if the packet is seen by the SM. You could also enable 
> > > > madeye (in utils) to see if the packet is sent (and if anything is 
> > > > received back).
> > > > 
> > > > -- Hal
> > > > 
> > > > ________________________________
> > > > 
> > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Takshak C.
> > > > Sent: Mon 2/6/2006 8:00 AM
> > > > To: [email protected]
> > > > Subject: [openib-general] Get Table Records for SA Attribute ID ?
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Hi,
> > > > 
> > > > I m trying to get the table records for SA attribute ID in following 
> > > > way.
> > > > But, I m not getting a single record, could anyone comment on the 
> > > > problem.
> > > > 
> > > > 1. I have created saMadFormat structure described in the specification 
> > > > as below:
> > > > 
> > > > struct saMadFormat
> > > > {
> > > > 
> > > >    uint8_t base_version ;
> > > >    uint8_t mgmt_class ;
> > > >    uint8_t class_version ;
> > > >    uint8_t sa_method ;
> > > >    uint16_t    status ;
> > > >    uint16_t    not_used ;
> > > >    uint64_t    tid ;
> > > >    uint16_t    attr_id ;
> > > >    uint16_t    resv ;
> > > >    uint32_t    attr_mod ;
> > > >    uint64_t    sa_key;
> > > >    uint64_t    sm_key ;
> > > >    uint32_t    seg_num ;
> > > >    uint32_t    payload_len ;
> > > >    uint8_t     frag_flag ;
> > > >    uint8_t edit_mod ;
> > > >    uint16_t    window ;
> > > >    uint32_t    endRID ;
> > > >    uint64_t    comp_mask ;
> > > >    uint8_t adminData[192] ;
> > > > };
> > > > 
> > > > 2. Then I have done all the basic operations like umad_open, 
> > > > umad_register for the IB_SA_CLASS
> > > >   and umad_open_port etc successfully.
> > > > 
> > > > 3. struct saMadFormat *saQuery = (struct 
> > > > saMadFormat*)(umad_get_mad(umad));
> > > >   memset(saQuery, 0, sizeof(*saQuery));
> > > > 
> > > >   saQuery->base_version = 1;
> > > >   saQuery->mgmt_class = IB_SA_CLASS ;
> > > >   saQuery->class_version = 1 ;
> > > >   saQuery->sa_method = IB_MAD_METHOD_GET_TABLE ;
> > > >   saQuery->attr_id = IB_SA_ATTR_PATHRECORD ;
> > > >   saQuery->attr_mod = 0 ;
> > > >   saQuery->tid  = htonll(drmad_tid++); 
> > > >   saQuery->endRID = 0 ;
> > > > 
> > > >   umad_set_addr(umad, lid, 1, 0, IB_DEFAULT_QP1_QKEY);
> > > >   umad_set_grh(umad, 0);
> > > >   umad_set_pkey(umad, 0xFFFF);
> > > > 
> > > > 4. length = IB_MAD_SIZE;
> > > > 
> > > >  if (umad_send(portid, mad_agent, umad, length, timeout_ms, 0) < 0)
> > > >     IBPANIC("send failed");                                             
> > > >                                                                        
> > > > 
> > > >  if (umad_recv(portid, umad, &length, -1) != mad_agent)
> > > >     IBPANIC("recv error: %s", drmad_status_str(saQuery));
> > > > 
> > > >                                                                         
> > > >                                             
> > > > 
> > > >  if (!dump_char) {
> > > >      xdump(stdout, 0, saQuery->adminData, 192);
> > > >      return 0;
> > > >   }
> > > > 
> > > > I m expecting that, I will get the resultant data in saQuery->adminData.
> > > > Is this correct ? If not then, how should I retrieve the table records ?
> > > > Any Idea ?
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Thanks
> > > > - Takshak
> > > > 
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