On 7/8/2011 5:50 PM, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 08, 2011 at 05:42:38PM -0400, Hal Rosenstock wrote:
> 
>> Should the request just be a GET rather than GET_TABLE and avoid this
>> check ? I don't think multiple nodes can register with same Node GUID,
>> can they ? Also, I think it makes eliminates this check and the missing
>> 0 check.
> 
> Multiport HCAs should (and do..) show up with multiple node
> records. There is one node record per end port, not per node. This is
> why using node GUID as an end port identifier is a bad choice.

Before this patch, it did used to use the port GUID for this.

> However, you could use GET and look at the return code to disambiguate
> no records/one record/many records.

Yes, that was getting at (and that there was no check for no records
returned with the get table code).

-- Hal

> Jason
> 

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