Quoting r. Sean Hefty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Subject: RE: Re: RFC: e2e credits > > >What does the flow_control parameter in ib_cm and rdma_cma conn_param do? > >If that's what it is, I think its easier to just add API to ib verbs > >making it possible to implement it than invent a device-specific way > >to do it per driver. > > As far as I can tell, it doesn't do anything. Flow control is a parameter of > the IB CM REQ/REP messages, so are exposed to the user. > > I don't see how a user can make use of it in any practical way, however. It > isn't used to configure anything on the QP from what I can tell.
So we can either add an ability to enable flow control per RQ, or remove this option altogether. -- Michael S. Tsirkin Staff Engineer, Mellanox Technologies _______________________________________________ openib-general mailing list [email protected] http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general To unsubscribe, please visit http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general
