Hi,

Sorry, there is a problem with patches format, I'll send them again after fix.
Marcel


On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 6:05 PM, Marcel Apfelbaum
<marc...@dev.mellanox.co.il> wrote:
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Marcel Apfelbaum <marc...@dev.mellanox.co.il>
> Date: Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 6:01 PM
> Subject: [PATCH RFC 0/4] adding support for FDR/FDR-10 link speed
> To: rol...@kernel.org, linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org
>
>
> The purpose of the RFC is to introduce FDR/FDR-10:
>  - FDR10 is a proprietary link speed which is 10.3125 Gbps at 64/66
> encoding rather than 8b10b encoding.
>  - FDR represents an extended speed: 14.0625 Gbps
>  - EDR represents an extended speed: 25.78125 Gbps (EDR)
>
> The aim is to show correct speeds and link encoding in:
>   - Ibstat
>   - Ibv_devinfo
>   - /sys/class/infiniband/mlx4_0/ports/1/rate
>   - Other user space modules
>
> [PATCH RFC 1/4] ib/core: handle EDR/FDR extended speeds
> Handle EDR/FDR extended speeds.
> Extended speeds are introduced and a new formula is used for
> speed computation (because of different encodings)
>
> [PATCH RFC 2/4] ib/core: handle FDR-10 link encoding
> Deals with issues related to FDR-10 link encoding:
> For QDR with FDR-10 encoding,  the rate is change accordingly to
> LinkEncodingEnable flag
>
> [PATCH RFC 3/4] ib/mlx4: get extended active speed from port info
> Gets extended active speed from Port Info packet(used for FDR/EDR)
>
> [PATCH RFC 4/4] ib/mlx4: get extended port capabilities
> An Extended Port Info packet is sent to each hw port during HCA init
> and if returns wihtout error it is assumed the port supports
> extended port capabilities.
>
> If the port supports extended capabilities and the active speed is
> QDR, FDR-10 link encoding is set according to Extended Port Info.
>
>
> Marcel
>
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