Dotan> In the IB spec: in the transition RESET->INIT, the primary
Dotan> port is required. in the transition INIT->RTR, the address
Dotan> vector is required for connected QPs.
Dotan> In the driver: in the transition RESET->INIT, the primary
Dotan> port is required (the mask IBV_QP_PORT is required) in the
Dotan> transition INIT->RTR, the port number is one of the
Dotan> attributes of the address vector (which mean there are 2
Dotan> attributes which define the QP port number).
Dotan> I think that there are 2 problems with this implementation:
Dotan> 1) the user can use two different values for those port
Dotan> numbers (in mthca driver, the port number that was defined
Dotan> in the address vector will be used) 2) the user can define
Dotan> / change the QP port number in the transition INIT->RTR
Dotan> (which means a IB spec violation)
Probably the low-level drivers should ignore the port number in the
primary address vector for INIT->RTR. That would fix both problems, right?
- R.
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