Hey, Thanks Serge for the detailed explanation. This is pretty much exactly as I had thought it should be interpreted. My only problem remains that my hardware can't provide ntb_mw_get_align until the port it is asking about has configured itself. The easiest way to solve this is to only allow access when the link to that port is up. It's not a complicated change and would actually simplify ntb_transport and ntb_perf a little.
Is this ok with you Allen? If it is, I can include a patch in my next switchtec submission. Thanks, Logan