The real question is: does Solaris have the same data structures required for 
Linux's dynamic SL support?  If so, this header file inquiry is worthwhile.  If 
not, then perhaps a separate port will be required for Solaris to support the 
dynamic SL functionality.


On Jul 14, 2011, at 7:24 AM, Terry Dontje wrote:

> I do but my machine room's power is down so I don't have access to it right 
> now.  I will grope around once it comes up to see what it has.  I also have 
> sent email to our IB team for some direction.  
> 
> --td
> 
> On 7/14/2011 2:42 AM, Yevgeny Kliteynik wrote:
>> [adding Terry]
>> 
>> On 14-Jul-11 2:49 AM, Eugene Loh wrote:
>> 
>>> On 7/13/2011 4:31 PM, Paul H. Hargrove wrote:
>>> 
>>>> On 7/13/2011 4:20 PM, Yevgeny Kliteynik wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>>>> Finally, are you sure that infiniband/complib/cl_types_osd.h exists on 
>>>>>>> all platforms? (e.g., Solaris) I know you said you don't have any 
>>>>>>> Solaris machines to test with, but you should ping Oracle directly for 
>>>>>>> some testing -- Terry might not be paying attention to this specific 
>>>>>>> thread...
>>>>>>> 
>>>>> I'll check it, but my guess would be that Solaris doesn't have it.
>>>>> AFAIK Solaris doesn't use OpenFabrics OpenSM - it has a separate
>>>>> subnet manager, so I can't assume that it has.
>>>>> So right now the dynamic SL will probably not work on Solaris
>>>>> (though it won't break the compilation).
>>>>> 
>>>> I have a pair of old machines running Solaris 11 Express (aka "SunOS 5.11 
>>>> snv_151a November 2010").
>>>> These have IB Verbs support, but there is no such header. In fact, 
>>>> /usr/include/inifiband has no sub-directories.
>>>> 
>>> +1
>>> 
>>> (That is, no such header and not even any subdirectories on a very recent 
>>> version of Solaris 11: snv_168.)
>>> 
>> Makes sense. But I believe that these Solaris installations
>> just don't have Subnet Manager, so they are not supposed to
>> have these headers anyway. What I don't know is what headers
>> are installed as part of the SM installation.
>> Does anybody have a Solaris machine with Subnet Manager?
>> 
>> -- YK
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>>> I may be able to do some testing eventually, but now is not a good time.
>>>> 
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