On Thu, 31 May 2012 19:35:32 -0400 Hal Rosenstock <h...@dev.mellanox.co.il> wrote:
> On 5/31/2012 7:02 PM, Ira Weiny wrote: > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Ira Weiny <wei...@llnl.gov> > > --- > > doc/rst/infiniband-diags.8.in.rst | 12 ++++++++++++ > > 1 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/doc/rst/infiniband-diags.8.in.rst > > b/doc/rst/infiniband-diags.8.in.rst > > index 6a86ae2..9cd4524 100644 > > --- a/doc/rst/infiniband-diags.8.in.rst > > +++ b/doc/rst/infiniband-diags.8.in.rst > > @@ -23,6 +23,18 @@ may therefore work even in unconfigured subnets. Other, > > higher level > > utilities, require LID routed MAD's and to some extent SA/SM access. > > > > > > +THE USE OF SMP's (QP0) > > +====================== > > + > > +Many of the tools in this package rely on the use of SMP's via QP0 to > > acquire > > SMPs done > > > +data directly from hardware. > > SMA rather than hardware done. > > > While this mode of operation is not technically > > +in compliance with the InfiniBand specification, > > I think this is a grey area. I agree. However, I thought with SRIOV support and MKey support it was worth mentioning this. Ira > > -- Hal > > > practical experience has found > > +that this level of diagnostics is valuable when working with a fabric > > which is > > +broken or only partially configured. For this reason many of these tools > > may > > +require the use of an MKey or operation from Virtual Machines may be > > restricted > > +for security reasons. > > + > > + > > COMMON OPTIONS > > ============== > > > -- Ira Weiny Member of Technical Staff Lawrence Livermore National Lab 925-423-8008 wei...@llnl.gov -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-rdma" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
