On Thu, Dec 20, 2007 at 05:39:36PM -0500, Jeff Squyres wrote:
> Pasha --
>
> I notice in the port info struct that you have a member for the lid,
> but only #if HAVE_XRC. Per a comment in the code, this is supposed to
> save bytes when we're using OOB (because we don't need this value in
> the OOB CPC).
>
> I think we should remove this #if and always have this struct member.
> ~4 extra bytes (because it's DSS packed) is no big deal. It's packed
> in with all the other modex info, so the message is already large. 4
> more bytes per port won't make a difference (IMHO).
>
> And keep in mind that #if HAVE_XRC is true if XRC is supported -- we
> still send the extra bytes if XRC is supported and not used (which is
> the default when compiling for OFED 1.3, no?).
>
> So I think we should remove those #if's and just always have that data
> member there. It's up to the CPC's if they want to use that info or
> not.
>
> Any objections to me removing this #if on the openib-cpc branch? (and
> eventual merge back up to the trunk)
>
Remove it, and add a capability mask to port info structure. Capability
will contain types of CPCs supported by a port. I may need this before
openib-cpc will be merged back to the trunk.
--
Gleb.
